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Milton's Cottage is a timber-framed early 17th-century building in Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire. It was the former home of writer John Milton. In 1665, Milton and his wife moved into the cottage to escape the Plague in London. Here Milton completed his best known work, 'Paradise Lost'. The ground floor of the cottage is now a museum dedicated to Milton and his works. The four museum rooms contain the most extensive collection in the world on open display of 17th-century first editions of John Milton's works, both poetry and prose. Tours vividly describe and explore the extraordinary career of this blind genius in his refuge from the plague, where he wrote some of the finest poetry. Milton's Cottage was saved from demolition in 1887 by the creation of the Milton Cottage Trust which bought the cottage and opened it to the public as a museum. The cottage's garden is also open to the public and is planted in a traditional style. The cottage and garden have been visited by Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, on separate occasions. To celebrate the quatercentenary of Milton's birth in 2008, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall also visited. It is within the council area of Buckinghamshire.
Historic England Grade I Listed 1125006.

Place Type: 17th-century House
Historic County: Buckinghamshire
Lat, Long: 51.630444,-0.57268513
Grid Reference: SU 9888 9336
Civil Parish: Chalfont St Giles CP
Council Area: Buckinghamshire CA
Police Area: Thames Valley PA

GBPN ID: 319478
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Milton's_Cottage,_Buckinghamshire_319478

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