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THE ADMIRAL’S HOUSE

The first thing we do as soon as we arrive home is put some dramatic music on, ‘The then sit in front of the bay window in the master suite upstairs to take in the incredible sea views,’ confides Shaun Clarkson, who bought the 18th-century Hastings townhouse he shares with his partner Paul Brewster eight years ago. ‘We never tire of it, not least because the outlook is different at any time of day, and in all weathers. It’s like a huge moving picture – you can’t help but be mesmerised by it.’

Indeed, a sea view was number

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