Properties of the week: one-of-a-kind houses

Featuring homes in Kent, Somerset and Essex

Redshank, St Osyth
This unique home in Essex was designed by Lisa Shell Architects to resemble both Maunsell forts and redshanks (a wading bird)
(Image credit: The Modern House)

Kent: Mermaid Cottage, St Margaret’s Bay

Mermaid Cottage, St Margaret’s Bay

(Image credit: Strutt & Parker)

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