From his time at his first London
home, Charles Dickens was fascinated with interior decoration and threw himself
into the choosing of furniture, paint colours and wallpaper designs as well as
the installation of a shower and a conservatory. Here, we show some of the
rooms in his first home at 48 Doughty Street
in London (now the Charles
Dickens Museum),
his holiday home in Broadstairs, Kent,
and Gad's Hill Place, Kent,
where he died in 1870.
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| Dickens at work in his study at Gad's Hill Place. |
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| The bedroom of Mary Hogarth, Catherine Dickens's sister, at Doughty Street, London.
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| The dining room at Dickens' clifftop holiday home
in Broadstairs in Kent – renamed Bleak House (from Fort House) after his
death. |
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| The drawing room at 48 Doughty Street, London – now the Charles Dickens Museum.
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| The drawing room at 48 Doughty Street, now the Charles Dickens Museum. |
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| The hallway of 48 Doughty Street, now The Charles Dickens Museum. |
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| The Library at 48 Doughty Street, London, now The Charles Dickens Museum. |
