Chartwell
Sign in to saveChartwell is a country house near Westerham, Kent, in South East England. For over forty years, it was the home of Sir Winston Churchill. He bought the property in September 1922 and lived there until shortly before his death in January 1965.
Key facts
- Historic site.name
- Chartwell
- Historic site.image
- Chartwell House, rear.JPG
- Historic site.caption
- View of Chartwell from the north-east
- Historic site.type
- Country house
- Historic site.locmapin
- Kent
- Historic site.map_relief
- yes
- Historic site.location
- Westerham, Kent, England
- Historic site.built
- Early modern period
- Historic site.rebuilt
- 1922–24
- Historic site.architect
- Philip Tilden (1920s)
- Historic site.architecture
- Vernacular
- Historic site.owner
- National Trust
- Historic site.designation1
- Grade I listed building
- Historic site.designation1_offname
- Chartwell
- Historic site.designation1_date
- 16 January 1975
- Historic site.designation1_number
- 1272626
- Historic site.designation2
- Historic garden
- Historic site.designation2_offname
- Chartwell Garden
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history to 1922
- Churchill at Chartwell
- 1922 to 1939
- 1939 to 1965
- National Trust: 1966 to the present
- Architecture and description
- Exterior
- Interior
- Entrance hall and inner hall, library and drawing room
- Dining room
- Study
- Architectural appreciation
- Gardens and estate
- Farms and stables
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
Chartwell is a country house near Westerham, Kent, in South East England. For over forty years, it was the home of Sir Winston Churchill. He bought the property in September 1922 and lived there until shortly before his death in January 1965.
During the 1930s, when Churchill was out of political office, Chartwell became the centre of his world. At his dining table, he gathered those who could assist his campaign against German re-armament and the British government's response of appeasement; in his study, he composed speeches and wrote books; in his garden, he built walls, constructed lakes — both with his own hands — and painted.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chartwell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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