The picture above shows some beach-side bungalows in the west Dorset resort and a depiction of an iconic home near the bay's famous East Cliff, which is known as 'the pink house'. This particular beach-side home was owned by the late film director Stanley Kubrick, who is famed for directing classics such as The Shining, A Clockwork Orange and 2001: A Space Odyssey . Stanley Kubrick Cottages were built on East Beach a few years after the harbour opened.
These include the 18th century pink house. With the huge honey-hued East Cliff rising behind it, the home has been immortalised on canvas many a time by local artists, including this painting by West Country artist David Inshaw. David Inshaw's painting of the Pink House (Image: David Inshaw) This artwork by Barbara Green also depicts the iconic home.
Pink house by shingle by Barbara Green (Image: Barbara Green) But that's not the only claim to fame this dwelling suitable for Barbie herself has. It is reported that Oscar winner Kate Winslet stayed at the pink house when she was filming Ammonite in nearby Lyme Regis. READ MORE: Journey back in time to a west Dorset village Winslet, who depicted Dorset fossil hunter Mary Anning in the film, told US TV about her experience in the three-storey home.
She said: "It was so isolated, cold and rattly that when there was a big storm, the waves would hit the windows of the house and the power would go down." Kate Winslet filming Ammonite in Lyme (Image: Graham Hunt Photography) Another Dor.