Talk:Spade House

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Photo[edit]

It's just about impossible to get a photo of the front of the house from anywhere that's publicly accessible - either you'll have to get into the nursing home's gardens (do they do open house days?) or there's a chance of a photo that's now out of copyright in a book somewhere. Le Deluge (talk) 19:47, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/house-of-hg-wells (though focus is on earlier HGWells home also in Sandgate, list of authors who visited HGWells in Sandgate, reason for HGWells settling in Sandgate & also for leaving) https://www.ribapix.com/Letter-from-H-G-Wells-to-William-Dunk-builder-dated-19-November-1900-regarding-aspects-of-the-construction-of-Spade-House-Sandgate-Kent-page-4_RIBA127502# (with note that Voysey designed Spade House for Wells in 1899 and Wells moved in in December 1900; an extension being added in 1903) https://www.prints-online.com/new-images-august-2021/herbert-george-wells-1866-1946-writer-23401464.html (HGWells in Spade House study (1902) featured in Tatler series of well known artists in their homes) https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1061164?section=official-list-entry (listing giving description of property, though query mid C19th date, ref to addition in 1920s) https://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/the-father-of-science-fictions-love-for-kent-237252/ (inc cost of build) Though occupation by HGWells, hotel & nursing home referenced, from memory it was private home eg in 1970s. 92.10.175.225 (talk) 19:12, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]