Dungeness Beach in Kent is the largest area of shingle in Europe – 1,600 hectares of it. The harsh and dramatic landscape, dominated by the bulk of Dungeness B power station and dotted with a cottage or a fisherman’s weekend hut, is an architectural conservation area and has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) to preserve its unique ecology of grasses and shingle plants.
LocationKent
ArchitectSimon Conder Associates
ClientPrivate Client
Project TypeResidential
Timber SpeciesEuropean spruce
Timber ElementsPly, structure, interior fittings & linings, doorsets, windows




Dungeness Beach in Kent is the largest area of shingle in Europe – 1,600 hectares of it. The harsh and dramatic landscape, dominated by the bulk of Dungeness B power station and dotted with a cottage or a fisherman’s weekend hut, is an architectural conservation area and has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) to preserve its unique ecology of grasses and shingle plants.
Simon Conder has re-designed a single-storey house on the shingle beach at Dungeness. Originally it was a typical beach bungalow; built in the 1930s before the Town and Country Planning Act. Like many others it had a simple timber frame which had originally been painted with tar, but had subsequently been altered and extended with a hotchpotch of make-do additions.