Spade House
| Spade House | |
| Kent | |
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| Location | |
| Location: | 51°4’29"N, 1°9’9"E |
| History | |
| Built 1899-1903 | |
| By: | C. F. A. Voysey |
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Spade House, (now Wells House), is a large mansion overlooking Sandgate, near Folkestone in Kent. It was the home of the science fiction writer H. G. Wells from 1901 to 1909. Designed by C. F. A. Voysey, it is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
History
The house was designed by C. F. A. Voysey, and extended in 1903.[2] Voysey included a signature heart shape on the door of every home he designed, but Wells rejected this in favour of a spade.[3] H.G. and Catherine Wells' two sons were born here, and while living at Spade House Wells wrote books including Kipps, Tono-Bungay and Ann Veronica.[4]
The house is now occupied by the "Wells House" nursing home.[4] At the entrance is an ornate nameplate and a blue plaque from the Sandgate Society, commemorating the link to Wells.[5]
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Vosey design -
Wells at Spade House, 1907 -
Blue plaque commemorating Wells
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Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Spade House) |
- "Archive ref. 5cfe4221a2650". Sandgate Society. http://archive.sandgatesociety.com/uploads/document/5cfe4221a2650.pdf.
- Complete H. G. Wells texts at Gutenberg
- Boerst, William (2000). Time Machine: The Story of H. G. Wells. Morgan Reynolds. ISBN 9781883846404. https://books.google.com/books?id=mlfBFSrzgxUC. Retrieved 13 March 2021. "Juvenile non-fction"
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1061164: Spade House (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Newman, John: ‘Spade House, Sandgate, Kent’: The C. F. A. Voysey Society, 2013
- ↑ Glazzard, Andrew (17 September 2013). "Edwardian Encounters: Spade House". Edwardian Culture Network. https://edwardianculture.com/2013/09/17/edwardian-encounters-spade-house/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Williams, Sam (12 November 2020). "War of the Worlds author HG Wells and his love for Sandgate, near Folkestone". Kent Online. https://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/the-father-of-science-fictions-love-for-kent-237252/.
- ↑ "House of H. G. Wells". Atlas Obscura. 2021. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/house-of-hg-wells.