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Downe House School - An independent boarding and day school in Berkshire for girls aged 11-18, Downe House is a traditional school with a sharp focus on the future.
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Visit the family home and study of the famous scientist who wrote On the Origin of Species. Explore the gardens, exhibition, multimedia guide and more at this historic attraction in Kent.
- Luxted Road, Downe, BR6 7JT, Kent
- 01689 859119
Das Down House ist das Wohnhaus, in dem der britische Naturforscher Charles Darwin von 1842 bis zu seinem Tod mit seiner Frau und den Kindern lebte. Es befindet sich in der kleinen Gemeinde Downe (vormals Down) der Grafschaft Kent südlich der britischen Hauptstadt London.
Downe House School is a private girls' boarding and day school in Cold Ash near Newbury, Berkshire, for girls aged 11–18. Entrance is selective, and the school has an enrolment of 559. [2]
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1651–1842: early history
In 1651, Thomas Manning sold a parcel of land including most of the current property to John Know the elder, from a Kentish yeoman family, for £345 (equivalent to £51,885 today). It has been debated whether this price is likely to have included a house, but, if not, it was Know who built the first farmhouse on the property: some surviving flint walls may date from this period. In 1653, John Know gave the house to his son Roger, probably as a wedding present; and in 1743, the marriage of Mary...
1842–1906: Darwin occupancy
The Darwin family in 1841 was finding their London house increasingly cramped: both Charles and his wife Emma preferred living in the countryside, as they were disturbed by the constant noise and severe coal smoke air pollution of central London, and they had two young children, William (b. 1839) and Anne (b. 1841). Darwin approached his father Robert Darwin for financing, and with the caution that he should try living in an area for some time before being committed to a move, was given appro...
1907–1922: Downe School for Girls
A girls' boarding school was established at the house in February 1907, co-founded by the headmistress Olive Willis (1877–1964) with her friend Alice Carver. The school began with five mistresses and one girl, but was soon successful and grew to around 60 pupils. Various corrugated iron outbuildings were erected around the house at this time, to serve as the school's chapel, gymnasium, music-rooms and lavatories: these were later removed. The school occupied the house until 1 April 1922, when...
Down House, its garden and grounds are open to the public daily from April to October; from November through to March, it opens on weekends.The house and garden undergoes routine conservation work during its closed periods. The house can be reached by public transport from central London, as it is located within Transport for London travel Zone 6. ...
Atkins, Hedley (1976). Down: the Home of the Darwins: the story of a house and the people who lived there (2nd ed.). [Chichester]: Phillimore. ISBN 0-85033-231-1.Bowen, Elizabeth (1950). "The Mulberry Tree". Collected Impressions. London: Longmans Green and Co. pp. 185–194. (Describes life at Downe House school during World War I)Browne, E. Janet (1995), Charles Darwin: vol. 1 Voyaging, London: Jonathan Cape, ISBN 1-84413-314-1Darwin, Charles (1887), Darwin, Francis (ed.), The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter, London: John Murray13. Aug. 2018 · Das „Down House“ ist einer der unheimlichsten Orte der Weltgeschichte. Hier machte Charles Darwin aus seiner Angst eine Theorie, die die Welt umstürzte. Eine Pilgerfahrt zum...
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