Darwin comes to Down
Darwin’s ugly house
On this date in 1842, Charles Darwin turned his back on the hustle and bustle of London and moved into his new home, Down House, in the village of Down (later Downe) in Kent. His wife Emma had moved in three days earlier.
In a letter to his sister, Emily written a few months earlier, Darwin decribed at length the attractions of the village, then continued:
The house stands very badly close to a tiny lane & near another man’s field— Our field is 15
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