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Spade House

Field	Value
name	Spade House
image	Spade House (1).jpg
type	Country house
locmapin	Kent
map_relief	yes
coordinates
location	Sandgate, Kent
built	1899-1903
architect	C. F. A. Voysey
architecture	Arts & Crafts
governing_body	Privately owned
designation1	Grade II*
designation1_offname	Spade House
designation1_date	11 March 1975
designation1_number	1061164

Spade House, (now Wells House), is a large mansion overlooking Sandgate, near Folkestone, in southeast England. It was the home of the science fiction writer H. G. Wells from 1901 to 1909. Designed by C. F. A. Voysey, it is a Grade II* listed building.

History

The house was designed by C. F. A. Voysey, and extended in 1903. Voysey included a signature heart shape on the door of every home he designed, but Wells rejected this in favour of a spade. H.G. and Catherine Wells' two sons were born here, and while living at Spade House Wells wrote books including Kipps, Tono-Bungay and Ann Veronica.

The house has been Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England since March 1975. It is now occupied by the "Wells House" nursing home. At the entrance is an ornate nameplate and a blue plaque from the Sandgate Society, commemorating the link to Wells.

Gallery

Spade House drawings (2a).JPG|Vosey design H G Wells - Sandgate - Project Gutenberg eText 13715.png|Wells at Spade House, 1907 Spade House.jpg|Blue plaque commemorating Wells

References

(2013). "Spade House, Sandgate, Kent". The C. F. A. Voysey Society.
(17 September 2013). "Edwardian Encounters: Spade House". Edwardian Culture Network.
(12 November 2020). "War of the Worlds author HG Wells and his love for Sandgate, near Folkestone". Kent Online.
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(2021). "House of H. G. Wells". Atlas Obscura.

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