Oh We Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside: Exploring the enduring appeal of waterfront living

A home by the sea comes with a 71% price premium compared to a similar property just a mile inland, according to the latest summertime workings from Knight Frank.

Buyers in the South West should be prepared to shell out a whopping 66% premium if they want a prime spot on the waterfront, according to some new research from Knight Frank.

You're unlikely to find lords of the manor in their ancestral homes, vicars in vicarages or ‘serfs’ in cottages these days, but the feudal property pecking order is "alive and well", according to…