Monk's House
National Trust 17th-century cottage in Rodmell, home of Virginia and Leonard Woolf, with Bloomsbury treasures, a writing lodge and a cottage garden.
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Over het museum
Monk's House is a small 17th-century weatherboarded cottage in the Sussex village of Rodmell, about three miles south of Lewes. The writer Virginia Woolf and her husband, the political activist and editor Leonard Woolf, bought it at auction on 1 July 1919 for 700 pounds. Over the years they added a hot water range, a bathroom and a two-storey extension in 1929, and in 1928 they bought a neighbouring field to protect the views from the garden towards Mount Caburn.
The house became an important meeting place for the Bloomsbury Group. Visitors included T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster, Roger Fry and Lytton Strachey, and Virginia's sister, the artist Vanessa Bell, lived nearby at Charleston Farmhouse. Virginia wrote many of her novels in a small wooden lodge at the bottom of the garden, among them Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando and The Waves. The Woolfs lived at Rodmell full time from 1940, after their London flat was damaged in an air raid.
Virginia Woolf died in 1941, and Leonard continued to live at Monk's House until his death in 1969. The house then passed to a friend, was sold to the University of Sussex in 1972, and came to the National Trust in 1980. Visitors can see the ground floor rooms, including the sitting room, dining room, kitchen and Virginia's bedroom, the writing lodge and the cottage garden that Leonard created, with its orchard, ponds and views over the Sussex Downs.
Hoogtepunten
- Home of Virginia and Leonard Woolf from 1919
- Writing lodge where Virginia Woolf wrote many of her novels
- Ground floor rooms with Bloomsbury Group treasures, including works by Vanessa Bell
- Cottage garden with orchard, ponds and views of the Sussex Downs
Vaste collectie
- Monk's House and writing lodge – The 17th-century cottage of Virginia and Leonard Woolf, full of Bloomsbury Group treasures, and the garden lodge where Virginia wrote.
- Beheerder
- National Trust
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
| Volwassenen | £ 12 |
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| Kinderen & jongeren | £ 6gratis t/m 4 jaar · Child ticket for ages 5 to 17; under-5s are free. |
| Groepen | –No group discount is offered because of the need for pre-booking. |
| Gezinnen | £ 30Two adults and up to three children. |
| Family ticket, one adult and two children | £ 18 |
Prices are shown without Gift Aid; paying with Gift Aid adds about 10% (adult 13.20, child 6.60, family 33.00). National Trust members are admitted free but must also pre-book.
Toegankelijkheid
- Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
- Lift: geen informatie
- Aangepast toilet: niet aanwezig
- Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
- Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
- Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
- Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
- Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
- Audiodescriptie: geen informatie
The house has steps and narrow, uneven paths that are slippery when wet, and two helpers are needed to lift a wheelchair into the house. The visitor toilet is a small outdoor privy. There is one small accessible parking space opposite the entrance inside the main car park and a drop-off point outside the visitor reception. A chair is available in each room of the house, and a short braille guide can be borrowed from visitor reception. A full access guide is on the AccessAble website.
Kinderen & gezin
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.
Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
Met het openbaar vervoer
Rodmell (Abergavenny Arms, bus 123)
The nearest main-line station is Lewes, with trains from London Victoria, Brighton and Eastbourne; Southease station is about 1.5 miles away along the river and through the water meadows. Bus 123 runs between Lewes and Newhaven every day and stops near the Abergavenny Arms in Rodmell, a short walk from the house; bus 130 is a weekday service from Rodmell to Brighton station only.
Met de auto
Parkeerplaats aanwezig
The small car park is 100 yards further along The Street and has space for 28 cars, one disabled space and bicycle parking, with a height barrier of 6ft 6 (198cm). Motorhomes and caravans need to find space elsewhere in the village.
- Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
Rodmell is about 4 miles south of Lewes and 5 miles north of Newhaven on the C7. The house postcode is not suitable for satnav because it often leads onto the A26 and an impassable railway crossing; follow the directions from the A27 or A259 given on the National Trust page. Rodmell is close to the South Downs Way and the Egrets Way, and walkers can reach Charleston Farmhouse on foot.
Route plannenService & horeca
- Museumwinkel
There is a small shop selling guidebooks, postcards and some second-hand books, as well as a second-hand bookshop. Walkers are welcome to leave day packs at visitor reception.
Evenementen & zaalverhuur
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.
Je bezoek plannen
| Goed om te weten | Because the house is small, visits are by timed ticket only, and visitors should arrive promptly to see both the house and the garden. Dogs on a lead are allowed in the garden. Group visits can be arranged by contacting the property. |
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