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Milton's Cottage

A Grade I Listed Building in Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6304 / 51°37'49"N

Longitude: -0.5727 / 0°34'21"W

OS Eastings: 498888

OS Northings: 193368

OS Grid: SU988933

Mapcode National: GBR F6Q.L1Y

Mapcode Global: VHFSQ.183Y

Plus Code: 9C3XJCJG+5W

Entry Name: Milton's Cottage

Listing Date: 22 December 1958

Last Amended: 17 March 1982

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1125006

English Heritage Legacy ID: 44381

ID on this website: 101125006

Location: Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, HP8

County: Buckinghamshire

Civil Parish: Chalfont St Giles

Built-Up Area: Chalfont St Giles

Traditional County: Buckinghamshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Buckinghamshire

Church of England Parish: Chalfont St Giles

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

Tagged with: English country house Historic house museum Independent museum

Description


CHALFONT ST GILES DEAN WAY 1. 5134 (south side) Milton's Cottage (formerly listed under High Street (south side) SU 9893 4/9 22.12.58

CV 2. Early C17, restored Cl8. Timber-framed house with red brick infill and old tile roof. Two storey C18 wing at right angles. Leaded casement windows. Three bays to street with original stack of old thin bricks between 2 left hand bays. Lean-to at left and large projecting stack to right. Lent to Milton by friend Thomas Ellwood in order that Milton could escape from London in the plague year, 1665. Here he finished Paradise Lost and probably began Paradise Regained, suggested to him by Ellwood. The only remaining house in which Milton lived. Now a museum to Milton. RCHM 1 83 Monument 9.

Listing NGR: SU9888893368

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