Winterbourne Country House
Winterbourne is a country house of great charm and character and is located in one of the most beautiful and tranquil settings on the island.
Winterbourne's enchanting gardens ablaze with colour in season and contain a gently flowing stream with the blue waters of the bay beyond. When Charles Dickens visited the Isle of Wight in July of 1849 he had already begun his great autobiographical novel David Copperfield. He was shown over Winterbourne and instantly fell in love with the house and gardens.
In a letter that night to his wife he wrote: My Dear Kate, I have not a moment- just got back and post going out. I have taken a most delightful and beautiful house belonging to White at Bonchurch - cool, airy, private bathing, everything delicious - I think it is the prettiest place I ever saw in my life, at home or abroad.
Dickens delighted in the peace and happiness he found at Winterbourne. He made it a rule that he be invisible until 2pm every day when he worked on his novel in one of the first floor rooms overlooking the gardens and out to sea.
The rest of the day was occupied with a hectic social calendar and he often entertained many of his literary friends - Thackeray, Carlyle, Tennyson and Mark Lemmon.
Even his young sons were often found playing with the youthful Algernon Swinburne, a neighbour from East Dene, whose poet genius was soon to conquer England.
You will receive a warm welcome in the house where Charles Dickens made his home whilst writing David Copperfield
Winterbourne is a non-smoking house and is licensed for residents for that pre-dinner drink or sundowners on the terrace
Winterbourne offers a high standard of comfort with most rooms enjoying seaviews.
All Winterbourne's bedrooms are en-suite and equipped with colour tv, direct dial telephone and beverage making facilities
Winterbourne offers a breakfast room, two spacious lounges and a secluded terrace, all overlooking the sea and all for exclusive use to guests.
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This page was last updated: 13 September 2007
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