Chartwell

:For the suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, see Chartwell, South Africa

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Suburb - Johannesburg - South Africa - Chartwell, South Africa

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Chartwell, located two miles south of Westerham, Kent, England, was the home of Winston Churchill.

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Westerham - Kent - England - Winston Churchill

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Churchill and his wife Lady Clementine Churchill bought the property in 1922 and retained it until his death in 1965. He employed architect Phillip Tilden to modernise and extend the dreary house that stood on the property. Tilden transformed the house by simplifying and modernising it, as well as by allowing more light into the house.

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Clementine Churchill - 1922 - 1965 - Architect - Phillip Tilden

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The property boasts beautiful terraced gardens containing lakes that Churchill created, the water garden where he fed his fish, Lady Churchill's Rose Garden and the Golden Rose Walk, a Golden Wedding anniversary gift from their children. The garden areas provided inspiration for Churchill's paintings, many of which are on display in the house's garden studio.

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Garden - Water garden - Rose Garden - Painting

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The house has been preserved as it would have looked when Churchill owned it. Rooms are carefully decorated with memorabilia and gifts, the original furniture and books, as well as honours and medals that Churchill received.

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The property is currently under the administration of the National Trust. It was given to the trust in 1946 but was not open to the public until after Churchill's death in 1965.

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National Trust - 1946 - 1965

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