Architect Sam Causer Bought a Derelict 200-Year-Old Townhouse in Margate...This Is It Now

Step inside architect Sam Causer's extraordinary 1820s Georgian townhouse - a 200-year-old home in Hawley Square, Margate, Kent, that has lived many lives before becoming his home and architecture studio 🏚️🏛️ Originally built around 1820 as a fashionable seaside retreat for wealthy Londoners, the house went on to serve as a feather and fur workshop, a summer boarding house for visitors to the Theatre Royal next door, offices for the local authority, and finally a solicitor's storage facility — before Sam bought it in 2015 and began its quiet, considered restoration. Today, it's a remarkable multi-storey Georgian townhouse featuring original 200-year-old joinery, layers of exposed historic plasterwork, a bespoke cast concrete kitchen, and a beautifully restored lower-ground floor — with Sam's architecture studio housed in the refurbished mews cottage behind. Owned, designed and presented by Sam Causer — an architect based in Margate with over a decade of experience in residential practice — this project is an ongoing labour of love guided by SPAB principles of light-touch conservation, where the building's history is preserved and celebrated rather than erased or restored to a false perfection. If you love heritage homes, conservation architecture, period restoration and design-led renovations with real depth and story, this is one you won't want to miss. Subscribe to HomeInspire for more exceptional home tours and architectural stories. Our renovation downloads: ✅ Our 62-page Renovation Handbook: https://www.homeinspire.co.uk/store/p... ✅ Ultimate Home Renovation Planner: https://www.homeinspire.co.uk/store/p... ✅ Renovation Schedules & Templates: https://www.homeinspire.co.uk/store#a... Sam Causer Studio: https://www.samcauser.com/ Stay here on Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/233408... Want to feature on our channel? 🎥 Apply to feature your home, project or listing by sending us an email at [email protected] ➡️Follow us on Instagram for more content and behind the scenes:   / homeinspireuk   Watch next:    • How Geoff Converted This Abandoned 1860s C...      • Inside Interior Architect Marta Nowicka's ...      • How Industrial Designer Matt Transformed T...   Subscribe to us here ‪@homeinspireuk‬ Episode Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:16 The History of the House 01:40 Ground Floor Hallway 02:25 The Kitchen 04:29 The Dining Room 08:36 First Floor Living Room 10:52 Second Floor Bedrooms 15:35 Bathroom 17:35 Lower Ground Floor 19:18 The Mews Cottage 20:40 Closing Thoughts #home #renovation #interiordesign