Keswick
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| We had a good deal more luck in finding
Chestnut Cottage, outside the Lake District
town of Keswick, which Shelley rented in
1811. The cottage was composed of two
contiguous residences (the grey and white
sections shown here) |
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| and a storage/privy area (a bit can be
seen here on the far right of the photograph
below left; below right is taken from the
rear of the building). |
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| The white central section, occupied by
the Shelleys, is now called Grisedale View
and is available for holiday stays. The
storage area, known as "Shelley Cottage" is a
privately owned residence. The honeymoon
couple enjoyed the lovely garden and the
magnificent views of the Keswick valley and
surrounding fells. |
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| Scholars interested in the cottage may
direct their inquiries to W.J. and A.
Kinghorn, 3 Chestnut Hill House, Chestnut
Hill, Keswick, Cumbria CA12 4lS (phone:
017687 75849). |
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Greystoke Castle
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| Roughly fifteen miles from Chestnut
Cottage is Greystoke Castle. This was the
home of Shelley’s friend and ally the
Duke of Norfolk, who helped the young man
engineer a temporary reconciliation with his
father (and, perhaps more importantly, an
allowance of two hundred pounds a year). |
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| Shelley and Harriet spent a week visiting
the Duke, and enjoyed themselves
tremendously. Although very little of the
present castle existed in Shelley’s day
(there were two remodelings in 1836 and a
Great Fire in 1868), he would have visited
the ancient pele tower (above left) and
rambled over the lovely grounds. |
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| Inquiries should be directed to Neville
and Joanie Howard, Greystoke Castle, Penrith,
Cumbria (phone: 017684 83722, fax: 017634
83072) |
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