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of its homely appearance and picturesque surroundings, cannot fail to attract the
attention of passers-by. Erected in 1780, the house familiar as Gad's Hill Place)
with its bay-windows overlooking a shady lawn, and its roof surmounted by dormers
and quaint bell-turret, constitutes a striking object in the landscape. Dickens
purchased the house and grounds in 185, from 1858 till 1860 he used it as a summer
residence, from 1860 till his death in 1870 he lived here.
There are some relics from Dickens's time. One of them is the fames door with the
books that are onlywooden dummies with titles as: Life of a Cat, nine volumes.
The wooden plaquette of the last raven of Dickens
An other relic of Dickens's time.
The guide told us that possibly in 2012 Gad's Hill Place will be refurbished as a
Museum, the school has sold the property and there are already plans for new
building.
Because, so to speak, 'my little reason' took the trip through the house with an other
guide we both heard a different story about the exact place were Charles Dickens is
