Seahorse Studio 'Accessible Luxury', Aldeburgh

Seahorse Studio won Best Residential Conversion in East Anglia in the 2025 LABC awards.
It is an accessible open-plan, ground-floor studio apartment designed with fantastic taste and functionality - super bright and extremely comfortable. Spacious and elegant, perfect for a short stay or holiday in the popular seaside town of Aldeburgh. Located directly facing the beach and a short stroll to the main high street - with all the restaurants, shops and galleries Aldeburgh is famous for.

The open-plan studio space has a lovely dining area, a sideboard with crockery and cutlery, a large smart TV and a cosy sofa as well as a very comfortable electric reclining chair and side tables.

A plywood room divider creates a cosy sleeping area with a lovely king-size electric bed, with wonderful white crisp bedding and a superb mattress. The bed can be made up of two singles or a king, provided this is requested at the time of booking.

The studio has wonderful lined linen curtains for comfort and privacy and there is plenty of clever lighting in the space as well as ample plug sockets with USB chargers. The space is heated by radio-controlled integrated infrared heating panels,

There is a brilliant VITSOE shelf unit with an integrated desk, to work or to do your make-up in the bedroom space. Please find a hairdryer in the walk-in wardrobe.

The space has been designed to be fully wheelchair-friendly and has a well-equipped kitchen designed to get a wheelchair under the kitchen/sink counter. The combi micro /oven and fridge are at a convenient height for wheelchair users. The larder cupboard has a pull-down storage system for easy access.

The bathroom is fully accessible, with grab bars, a low handbasin and a step-free shower. There is a spacious wall cupboard in the bathroom to store your wash bag and plenty of hooks for towels, dressing gowns, etc.

The walk-in wardrobe has a pull-down hanging rail and plenty of open storage shelves for all your wardrobe, a full-length mirror and a hairdryer. Seahorse Studio is designed throughout with fantastic art, books and stylish lighting.

Ideally located on the ground floor with a ramp from the street, the studio has two public disabled car parking spaces right outside, and a metal ramp leading into the ground floor Studio.

There is a small planted patio space outside the studio, with a table and chairs to enjoy your morning coffee or a drink. There is space to park a wheelchair or scooter and an electric charging point.

The pavement outside 7 Crabbe Street is lowered on both sides of the road, so it is easy to cross the road to the seafront with a walker or wheelchair.

Seahorse Studio is a unique place to stay with amazing accessibility right on the Aldeburgh seafront.