12 homes for sale beside the sea

From a Cornish clifftop lodge to an eight-bedroom Edwardian country house, Amy McPherson compiles some of the best coastal homes currently for sale

This beachside family holiday home in a quiet part of Cornwall has been given a cosy makeover that has made every room warm and inviting

From traditional stone-built longhouses to picture-perfect thatched cottages, Arabella Youens finds a tempting selection of properties in beautiful West Country locations

Interior designer Henry Prideaux explains why he and his family return to Wales’ Llŷn Peninsula time and again

A cottage overlooking the sea in Cornwall and a handsome Georgian townhouse in Lincolnshire are only two of the prime properties currently on the market for less than £1 million, finds Arabella Youens

These four glorious properties need only a modicum of tender loving care and offer great rewards to the far-sighted