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Liverpool Echo
National
Rebecca Koncienzcy

Stay in a converted lifeboat station with stunning beach views

You could stay in a converted lifeboat station with stunning beach views when it opens up via Airbnb.

The old station in Hoylake, Wirral, was snapped up by Jo Earlam who painstakingly refurbed this piece of history along the coastline.

It now has two bedrooms, multifunctional office space and boasts a number of maritime and nautical items and antiques Jo had collected over the years.

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Olly Jobling, 26, runs the pop-up coffee shop over the weekend from the downstairs office space, he told the ECHO about Jo's new venture into Airbnb.

He said: "Jo lives in West Kirby and has always been interested in seafaring, collecting a number of antiques which he has used to decorate the converted lifeboat station.

"I have spent some time in the station over summer and it has been amazing - it is hard not to smile when you have such a stunning view, it is a really spectacular property."

The remodelled station is now a luxury penthouse apartment with an open plan living area and kitchen, two bathrooms, shower room and two double bedrooms - one of them secluded away in the former turret room.

And of course the panoramic views of the Wirral coastline with wall-to-wall windows.

Downstairs there is also an office space which is used during the week and at weekends by the pop-up coffee shop.

It can sleep up to six people, with a third sofabed in the living area and Olly and Jo are hoping to attract wedding parties and people visiting Wirral for its world-class golfing.

Olly said: "The office space is beautiful and really dynamic, it also has a gym, the whole building is really so unique.

"It started up Lifeboat Coffee, which opens over the weekend and is a welcome addition to the Hoylake prom.

"And guests who stay at the old lifeboat station get free coffee all weekend-long."

To find out more about booking a stay in the former Hoylake lifeboat station, visit Airbnb here.

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