Spade House was the home of the science fiction writer H. G. Wells from 1901 to 1909. It is a large mansion overlooking Sandgate, near Folkestone, in southeast England.
The house was designed by C. F. A. Voysey, and extended in 1903. [1] Voysey included a signature heart shape on the door of every home he designed, but Wells rejected this in favour of a spade. [2] Wells's two sons were born here, and while living at Spade House Wells wrote books including Kipps, Tono-Bungay and Ann Veronica. [3]
The house has been Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England since March 1975. [4] It is now occupied by the "Wells House" nursing home. [3] At the entrance is an ornate nameplate and a blue plaque from the Sandgate Society, commemorating the link to Wells. [5]
Extract from Kent: North & East
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51°4′29″N 1°9′8.5″E / 51.07472°N 1.152361°E
Spade House was the home of the science fiction writer H. G. Wells from 1901 to 1909. It is a large mansion overlooking Sandgate, near Folkestone, in southeast England.
The house was designed by C. F. A. Voysey, and extended in 1903. [1] Voysey included a signature heart shape on the door of every home he designed, but Wells rejected this in favour of a spade. [2] Wells's two sons were born here, and while living at Spade House Wells wrote books including Kipps, Tono-Bungay and Ann Veronica. [3]
The house has been Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England since March 1975. [4] It is now occupied by the "Wells House" nursing home. [3] At the entrance is an ornate nameplate and a blue plaque from the Sandgate Society, commemorating the link to Wells. [5]
Extract from Kent: North & East
Media related to Spade House at Wikimedia Commons
Juvenile non-fction
51°4′29″N 1°9′8.5″E / 51.07472°N 1.152361°E