Some homes make you think about where you used to live. The Kensington will make you think about where you want to spend your future.
At 2,409 square feet, this stunning four-bedroom detached home sits within Marina Quays – Cairns Homes‘ gated development of eleven individually designed waterfront properties alongside the River Trent in Newark-on-Trent. As it faces the river directly, the views from the ground-floor living spaces and from the master bedroom above are glorious. It is the kind of outlook that changes how a morning starts and how a day is measured.
A ground floor built for how you actually live
Step through the front door and the ground floor opens out around you. At the heart of it is an open-plan kitchen, dining and family room, designed around the Steven Christopher Interiors bespoke kitchen that anchors the space. The large island unit can be used for breakfast, food prep, conversation, and a glass of something good while someone else finishes cooking. With integrated Siemens appliances throughout, including a Wi-Fi oven and warming drawer, a combination microwave, an induction hob with venting, a full-height fridge and freezer, and a Quooker hot tap, nothing is missing.
Sliding glass doors open directly onto the outdoor deck, so in summer the room simply extends outside. On a warm evening, with the river visible from the kitchen, the line between inside and outside blurs beautifully.
A separate lounge with its own sliding doors to the decking offers the quieter end of the ground floor: somewhere to read, listen to music, or simply watch the light change over the water. A dedicated study, a large utility room and a downstairs cloakroom complete the picture. Underfloor heating runs throughout the ground floor, with fully tiled floors to the hall and kitchen-dining areas. The dimensions are generous for their purpose: the kitchen runs to 21′ by 11′ 3″. The living area is 21′ by 13′. These rooms can comfortably accommodate a group of people.
Its own mooring. Its own stretch of river.
The Kensington comes with a 40-foot private mooring on the River Trent – which means the river isn’t just the view from your kitchen window. It’s yours to use.
For homes 6 to 11 at Marina Quays, stepping from the decking onto your own boat is a genuine possibility rather than a distant ambition. It changes how you think about the water. Early mornings on the river before the day starts. A spontaneous afternoon out when the weather turns. An evening cruise rather than a drive. None of it requires planning – the mooring is right there, a few steps from your back door.
This proximity matters more than it might sound. It’s what separates a waterfront view from a waterfront life.
Four double bedrooms, properly considered
Upstairs, four double bedrooms are arranged across the first floor. At 21′ by 11′ 3″, the master suite is spectacular, with a dressing area that feeds into a well-proportioned ensuite. It is a room worth spending time in.
The second bedroom – which runs to 15 feet in depth – has its own ensuite wet room and is just as impressive.
The main bathroom serves the remaining two bedrooms, all finished in Porcelanosa tiling with walk-in showers and underfloor heating throughout.
The final two bedrooms can be used as guestrooms that feel genuinely comfortable so you can invite guests without needing to compromise the layout.
The specification in full
Every home at Marina Quays has been built to a standard that shows in the details. Welsh slate roofs. Bespoke aluminium windows. Sliding glass doors with integrated blinds. Solar PV panels that generate a meaningful share of the home’s energy. A security alarm and CCTV system, electronically controlled entrance gates with video link, and a gated approach to the development itself.
The double garage – at 20′ 4″ by 17′ 1″, large enough for two cars – has an electronically controlled door and an EV charger.
A two-year builder’s warranty and a ten-year structural warranty from Global provide the quality reassurance that a purchase at this level warrants. This is not a development where the headline numbers are strong and the detail disappoints. The specification runs through every room.
Newark-on-Trent: the town and its connections
Marina Quays sits on the non-tidal section of the Trent, with views over the water and the surrounding Nottinghamshire countryside. Newark itself is a market town of genuine character: a medieval castle with riverside grounds, a Royal Market that runs several days a week, independent shops and restaurants along streets that have been trading for centuries.
The town has a better dining scene than its size might suggest. Gannets Daycafé & Bistrot on Castle Gate – open since 1979, in an elegant Georgian building opposite the castle ruins – is the obvious choice for a morning out. Il Castello, the family-run Italian on the same street, draws reliably well from the town and beyond. For an evening further afield, The Beck at Caunton, a few miles outside Newark, has been one of the region’s better gastropubs for years: locally sourced produce, a terrace with parasols in fine weather, and the kind of flexibility that makes it work for lunch, dinner or a long Sunday afternoon.
For those needing links to London, Newark Northgate connects to King’s Cross in around 75 minutes. The A1 and A46 put Nottingham and Lincoln within easy reach by road. East Midlands Airport is accessible without a motorway marathon.
Available now
The Kensington is available now at Marina Quays. Just one of the five homes remaining at the development. To register your interest and arrange a viewing, contact Caroline Taylor at Cairns Homes on 07919 532000 or at info@cairnshomes.co.uk.
