Things to see & do
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Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
If you visit us, you will fill a gap in your knowledge you never knew was there. Carlyle was once a very famous man but is now forgotten. Come and learn about this extraordinary figure who inspired Charles Dickens, William Morris and many others.
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A chelsea interior
A chelsea interior
We keep the house just as it was in the 1850’s when Robert Tait painted this picture of Carlyle and his wife Jane. You can look around their house and learn about their extraordinary life as a sort of celebrity couple of the Victorian era, when writers were the centre of public attention, not film or pop stars.
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Cheyne Row
Cheyne Row
You will find us in Chelsea half way along this charming 1708 Queen Anne terrace in Cheyne (pronounced Chain-ee) Row, off Cheyne Walk, near Chelsea Old Church. We are not easy to find but everybody says ‘It was worth the effort!’ Probably wise to use a map though.
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Carlyle's House
Carlyle's House
You can’t really miss Carlyle’s House – you’ll see lots of blue plaques in the neighbourhood but we have a special white marble plaque, with a portrait of a very special person of whom Charles Dickens wrote ‘I would go further to see Carlyle than any man alive!’
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Thomas Carlyle
A chelsea interior
Cheyne Row
Carlyle's House
Carlyle's House
Don't miss
- Jane Carlyle's beautiful decoupage Victorian screen
- Jane Carlyle's priceless accounts of her life
- Carlyle's charming Chelsea garden, where Thomas used to smoke his pipe
- Carlyle's 'sound-proof' attic study, 'the noisiest room in the house'