Enjoyable stay in apartment, Mark and the rest of his team were good hosts. Lauren gave us a good recommendation for lunch. The manual in the apartment gave us some useful recommendations too.
Do note that the apartment is up a flight of stairs in a separate building and across a lawn. So, if you have a lot of luggage, you may want to split it up into several bags or cases for ease of carrying. You may want to bring a flashlight or download a flashlight app for your phone as there were some dark spots when dusk fell. Ample parking. Aircon works great, bring ear plugs though as it can be a bit noisy during sleep.
Breakfast was yummy.
Distance to the tourist spots on Thames street is 10 mins walk, some of that is on an incline. You can walk to some of the mansions in Newport, but some of them are located about 3 miles away. We walked to the Elms but used the car for the others. For the cliff walk we parked at 40 Steps, which allowed us to go the north part of the cliff walk and the south part, if we'd had time.