Gads hill place in higham kent sometimes spelt gadshill place and gad s hill place was the country home of charles dickens the most successful british author of the victorian era today the building is the independent gad s hill school.

Charles dickens house kent pics. The book was written by charles dickens. If you like the novels you will be intrigued by this small house with a parlour. A charity founded by dickens has launched a competition to find the colourful characters of today who could have inspired one of the beloved author s larger than life creations. This is the clifftop mansion where charles dickens penned one of his most iconic books.

7 february 1812 9 june 1870. Charles dickens house in bayham street camden town london uk. Embargoed to 0001 monday march 30 file photo dated 7 2 2012 of a bust of charles dickens on the side of bleak house in broadstairs kent. The town is closely associated with charles dickens and in june every year there is the dickens festival which celebrates his life times and work.

Illustration by phiz hablot knight browne 1815 1882 dickens main illustrator. The grand seven bedroom house is perched on a beautifully picturesque section of the kent coastline overlooking viking bay in broadstairs. Where the british novelist lived 1823 1824. Download this stock image.

Image caption charles dickens home in higham has been used as a school for 90 years the former kent home of charles dickens will be opened to the public for the first time since his death in 1870. The house was built in 1780 for a former mayor of rochester thomas stephens opposite the present sir john falstaff public house. Broadstairs and charles dickens. Bleak house by charles dickens in 1852 1823 the novel which satirised the misery caused by the old chancery court.

Charles dickens s chalet in rochester kent jane wyatt left as estella and florence reed as miss havisham in great expectations in 1934. The cunning old lawyer tulkinghorn who finds out lady dedlock s secrets threatens to expose her. This house originally owned by the model for betsey trotwood mary pearson strong who befriended dickens when he stayed in broadstairs is full of dickens memorabilia and close to memorabilia artifacts of the type he might have used or known together with a number of original books and illustrations.

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