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About this property
In 1834 Thomas Carlyle, a struggling Scottish writer, and Jane, his clever ambitious wife, rented this modest but roomy terraced house in the then unfashionable village of Chelsea. Within a few years the house had become a favourite gathering place of the literary world, including Dickens, Tennyson and Browning. Explore the Carlyles' home – preserved in 1895 as London's first literary shrine – and see the kitchen, dining room, drawing room, bedroom and Carlyle's intriguing soundproofed study, all with original contents. There is also a small garden. Then explore the surrounding streets and discover where many other famous writers, artists and composers lived.
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