Milton'S Cottage is a Grade I listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1958. A {"Early C17","C18 (restoration)"} Cottage.
Milton'S Cottage
- WRENN ID
- upper-barrel-heron
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1958
- Type
- Cottage
- Source
- Historic England listing
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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