The police station at Studland Bay, Dorset. They closed the Bath police station a few years ago as part of the cuts. They sold the building off to the University of Bath. Bath no longer has a police station, and most of the trouble on the streets at night is caused by students from the University.
I wonder whether the Studland Bay station is still open. It would be very tempting to the Dorset Constabulary to sell this little thatched cottage off as a holiday home. All you would have to do is cut a few holes in the walls for windows.
A few hundred yards away from the potential Hobbit's house there are rows of simple wooden beach huts. The huts are about 12 feet square and open up completely on the sea side when in use. You are not allowed to sleep in them. They are owned by the National Trust and the waiting list to hire them is prohibitively long.
One went up for sale recently. The price? £300,000. Just think what that police station would fetch.
I find myself often comparing property prices to that of beach huts in Poole.
ReplyDeletePoole is just along the coast from Studland. Home of the SBS.
DeleteIf only all Police Stations were like that ..... really pretty ... some of the Victorian ones are nice too. They closed our Police Station but opened it again albeit, part time.... maybe that says something about where I live ! XXXX
ReplyDeleteWe have a copper who sits at a desk at the council office, waiting for someone to come in and give themselves up.
DeleteIt looks like it would be nice to live in. All my house condensed into one smaller place. We used to holiday in Poole and Sandbanks before we stopped holidaying when I was about 18 months.
ReplyDeleteSandbanks is a millionaire's retreat now.
DeletePoole to me is a town of cherished alcoholic hazes
ReplyDeleteand of getting very wet when being thrown into the harbour by some boisterous gentlemen!
So you managed to climb out then.
DeleteI am here am I not !
DeleteSo much available to the one percent.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed.
DeleteNice little cottage, couple of windows and maybe french doors. Bet it would fetch a nice price.
ReplyDeleteIt would look good with bars on the windows I think.
DeleteYou could not possibly put that Hobbit out on its ear and put that house up for sale. And just because you have never seen the Hobbit don'[t for one moment believe one doesn't live there - it is the perfect abode.
ReplyDeleteA Hobbit copper. If only.
DeleteLike the idea of a hobbit copper. Would not need a copper's boots for his furry feet!
ReplyDeleteWith Gandalf as the Chief Inspector...
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