Chartwell is Winston Churchills home. I personally don’t like the architecture of his home, especially at the back of the house. Also inside if you could imagine a bare house, I think it would look badly designed. However that said, it’s a lovely place to visit, again beautiful gardens and trails to follow. It’s a National Trust place now and if your lucky you will see that a ginger cat still resides there.
The wildlife by the pond/lake are lovely to watch, I sat there for a long while just enjoying watching a kingfisher diving (sadly no photo) and watching the Heron, black swans, and the ducks preening themselves. Plenty of insects too, dragonflies and damselflies.
Winston Churchill loved painting and he has a studio at Chartwell that you can see his works, some are in my opinion poor whilst others are extremely good. Painting helped Churchill deal with bis depression.
When you go into the house, it’s got a lot of Churchill there, his personality really comes out in his home. He loved dressing up and he has many outfits on display. He also loved other countries, he loved learning and knowing about their cultures. He was a man that knew what he wanted.
The gardens are beautiful and they are wheelchair friendly in a lot of places, though not all. I didn’t get to go downstairs in the house due to my capabilities, however my friend took photos of the kitchen, of which she knew I would love. I was enthralled Looking at the photo, it was fantastic, all the copper, especially the kettle. I could imagine working down in the kitchen, the smells the sound, I bet at Christmas it was amazing.
Christmas Crackers Ramblings 