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jacobean/ Stuart house FOr YOURSELF Jane Austens house
Jane Austen’s house at Chawton is where she spent the last eight years of her life. It is of international importance as the place where she did the majority of her mature writing, but at the same time retains the charm of a village home. A 17th century house, it tells the story of Jane Austen and her family. Jane Austens House Chawlton, Alton, Hampshire GU34 1SD Leonard and Virginia Woolf's 17th-century country retreat
Leonard and Virginia Woolf's 17th-century country retreat Nestled in the heart of rural Sussex, Monk’s House is a tranquil 17th-century weatherboarded cottage inhabited by Leonard and the novelist Virginia Woolf from 1919 until Leonards death in 1969. The Woolfs bought Monk's House for the 'shape and fertlity and wildness of the garden'. Today, the lovely cottage garden contains a mix of flowers, vegetables, orchards, lawns and ponds. Rodmell, Lewes, BN7 3HF Dove Cottage
Dove Cottage, Grassmere is a little cottage, in the heart of the remote Lake District where William Wordsworth wrote some of the greatest poetry in the English language and Dorothy kept her famous 'Grasmere Journal', now on display in the Museum. Step into Dove Cottage to get a sense of that time: stone floors, dark panelled rooms, glowing coal fires and the family’s own belongings. Little has changed in the house since the Wordsworths lived here.Dove Cottage, Grasmere, Cumbria, LA22 9S Geffrye Museum
1714 The Geffrye museum focuses on the urban living rooms and gardens of the English middle classes. The collections show how homes have been used and furnished over the past 400 years, reflecting changes in society and behaviour as well as style, fashion and taste. The restored historic almshouse has been fully restored to its original condition, offering a rare glimpse into the lives of London's poor and elderly in former times. https://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk/explore-the-geffrye/\ 136 Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, London E2 8EA |
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