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Chartwell House
© David Wigham (view gallery)
Home of Sir Winston Churchill

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Chartwell House Lake
© Ian Dinmore (view gallery)
Chartwell was the family home of Sir Winston Churchill from 1922 until his death in 1965. The house is situated 2 miles south of Westerham in Kent off the B2026 road. Churchill loved the house, especially the view over the Weald of Kent. He modernised the originally rather gloomy Victorian mansion by adding a garden wing consisting of three large and attractive rooms. Churchill's wife Clementine made her contribution by choosing the comfortable furniture and floral chintz curtains. The estate consisting of 80 acres gave Winston the peace and tranquility that he loved. He relaxed by painting in the garden or in his studio and by transforming the grounds with new lakes, and robust brick walls built with his own hands.The Chart Well which rises on the western boundary of the site fed the existing lake and gave the estate its name. During Churchill's first five years at Chartwell he was Chancellor of the Exchequer, this was followed by what has become known as his wilderness years in the 1930's when he was out of office and did much of his writing to keep the family finances afloat.

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Churchyard
© Adam Swaine (view gallery)

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Marlborough Pavillion (1)
© David Wigham (view gallery)

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Chartwell House Gardens
© David Wigham (view gallery)
View of the swimming pool showing a large tree (There is a plastic box of some kind in the upper part of the tree:- probalbly for birds to feed.

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The Mansion seen from the gardens
© Stephen Nunney (view gallery)

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Studio buildings in Charwell House grounds
© David Wigham (view gallery)

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Oast Houses in the grounds of Chartwell, Kent
© John Ware (view gallery)

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Water Garden
© David Wigham (view gallery)

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Water Garden
© David Wigham (view gallery)

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Chartwell - The home of Sir Winston Churchill
© Trevor Webster (view gallery)

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High St
© Adam Swaine (view gallery)

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The Green, Westerham, Kent
© AJTooth (view gallery)

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Statue of Gen.Wolfe of Quebec, Westerham, Kent
© Ken Jarvis (view gallery)

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Village Church
© Adam Swaine (view gallery)

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St Mary's Church, Westerham, Kent
© AJTooth (view gallery)
This is an HDR version.

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Chartwell, Home of Sir Winston Churchill, Westerham, Kent
© Ken Jarvis (view gallery)

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Village High Street
© Adam Swaine (view gallery)

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Kentish Cottage, Westerham, Kent
© AJTooth (view gallery)

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Churchill's Gardens at Chartwell and the wall built by him, Westerham, Kent
© Ken Jarvis (view gallery)

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High St
© Adam Swaine (view gallery)

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Chartwell, home of Winston Churchill
© Paul V. A. Johnson (view gallery)

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Westerham, Kent
© Paul Barker (view gallery)
The parish church of St. Mary's in the village of Westerham, Kent

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Churchill on the green
© Adam Swaine (view gallery)

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Chartwell, home of Winston Churchill
© Paul V. A. Johnson (view gallery)

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Chartwell
© Bettina Müller (view gallery)

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Village pond
© Adam Swaine (view gallery)

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Chartwell, home of Winston Churchill
© Paul V. A. Johnson (view gallery)

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Churchyard
© Adam Swaine (view gallery)

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Chartwell, home of Winston Churchill
© Paul V. A. Johnson (view gallery)

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The Churchills in bronze
© John Ware (view gallery)
This statue of Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine is situated by the lake at Chartwell. Oscar Nemon, the sculptor also created the imposing statue of Churchill to be found at the Pines, St.Margarets Bay, Kent.

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Chartwell House
© Mobscooter (view gallery)
For over forty years it was the home of Sir Winston Churchill and was known as his retreat.

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The swimming pool at Chartwell
© John Ware (view gallery)
This sublimely located pool is flushed by a constantly-running stream.

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Churchyard
© Adam Swaine (view gallery)

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Westerhan statue of Wolfe
© Mobscooter (view gallery)
Major General Wolfe is honoured by a statue in Westerham.

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Squerryes Court Mansion
© Stephen Nunney (view gallery)

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Chartwell, family home of the late Sir Winston Churchill
© Bruce L. Sanders (view gallery)

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Squerryes Court Gardens
© Stephen Nunney (view gallery)

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Chartwell, Kent, Home of Sir Winston Churchill for 40 years
© Yvonne S. Slonaker (view gallery)

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Colourful gardens at Squerryes Court
© Stephen Nunney (view gallery)

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Chartwell, Home of Sir Winston Churchill. Kent
© Trevor Webster (view gallery)

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The grounds of Chartwell, The home of Sir Winston Churchill in Kent
© Trevor Webster (view gallery)

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Churchill's chair
© Gordon Beach (view gallery)
Where Winston Churchill sat and fed his ducks while pondering the course of WW2

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The grounds of Chartwell, Home of Sir Winston Churchill in Kent
© Trevor Webster (view gallery)

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Village Cottage
© Adam Swaine (view gallery)
Westerham Village Cottage, Kent, on the A25 on the Weald

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Statue of Sir Winston Churchill, in the grounds of Chartwell, Kent
© Trevor Webster (view gallery)

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On the Village Green
© Adam Swaine (view gallery)
Westerham Village Green, Kent

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A Slideshow of Westerham, in the county of Kent

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