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Great escapes

AS a regime of remote or hybrid working becomes a viable alternative to the dreaded daily commute, city-based home-buyers have been targeting Britain’s 11,000 miles of coastline in search of peace and tranquillity. The launch onto the market of three outstanding, although quite different, coastal properties in spectacular locations, underlines the enduring appeal of a family home by the sea.

Tony Morris-Eyton of Savills in Telford (01952 239500) quotes a guide price of £3.5 million for the immaculate Plas Penhelig, which sits high above the quaint coastal village of Aberdovey, four miles from Tywyn and 10 miles from Machynlleth, at the southern edge of the Snowdonia National Park. Owned by the vendors for 20 years or more, elegant, Edwardian Plas

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