# Spade House

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{{Infobox historic site
| name = Spade House
| image = Spade House (1).jpg
| caption = 
| type = Country house
| locmapin = Kent
| map_relief = yes
| coordinates = {{coord|51.0747 |1.1525|display=inline,title}}
| location = [Sandgate](/source/Sandgate%2C_Kent), [Kent](/source/Kent)
| area = 
| built = 1899-1903
| architect = [C. F. A. Voysey](/source/C._F._A._Voysey)
| architecture = [Arts & Crafts](/source/Arts_and_Crafts_movement)
| governing_body = Privately owned
| designation1 = Grade II*
| designation1_offname = Spade House
| designation1_date = 11 March 1975
| designation1_number = 1061164
}}
'''Spade House''', (now Wells House), is a large mansion overlooking [Sandgate](/source/Sandgate%2C_Kent), near [Folkestone](/source/Folkestone), in southeast England. It was the home of the science fiction writer [H. G. Wells](/source/H.%26nbsp%3BG._Wells) from 1901 to 1909. Designed by [C. F. A. Voysey](/source/C.%26nbsp%3BF.%26nbsp%3BA._Voysey), it is a [Grade II* listed building](/source/Listed_building).

==History==
The house was designed by [C.&nbsp;F.&nbsp;A. Voysey](/source/C.%26nbsp%3BF.%26nbsp%3BA._Voysey), and extended in 1903.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |last2=Newman |first2=John |title=Spade House, Sandgate, Kent |url=https://www.voyseysociety.org/voysey/buildings/spadehouse.html |website=voyseysociety.org |publisher=The C.&nbsp;F.&nbsp;A. Voysey Society |access-date=13 March 2021 |date=2013 |quote=Extract from Kent: North & East}}</ref> Voysey included a signature heart shape on the door of every home he designed, but Wells rejected this in favour of a [spade](/source/Spades_(suit)).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Glazzard |first1=Andrew |title=Edwardian Encounters: Spade House |url=https://edwardianculture.com/2013/09/17/edwardian-encounters-spade-house/ |website=edwardianculture.com |publisher=Edwardian Culture Network |access-date=13 March 2021 |date=17 September 2013}}</ref> H.G. and [Catherine Wells](/source/Catherine_Wells)' two sons were born here, and while living at Spade House Wells wrote books including ''[Kipps](/source/Kipps)'', ''[Tono-Bungay](/source/Tono-Bungay)'' and ''[Ann Veronica](/source/Ann_Veronica)''.<ref name="Kent Online 12 November 2020" >{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Sam |title=War of the Worlds author HG Wells and his love for Sandgate, near Folkestone |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/the-father-of-science-fictions-love-for-kent-237252/ |access-date=13 March 2021 |work=Kent Online |date=12 November 2020}}</ref>

The house has been [Grade II* listed](/source/Listed_building) on the [National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England) since March 1975.<ref name=NHLE>{{NHLE|num=1061164|desc=Spade House|access-date=14 October 2017|mode=cs2}}</ref> It is now occupied by the "Wells House" nursing home.<ref name="Kent Online 12 November 2020" /> At the entrance is an ornate nameplate and a blue plaque from the Sandgate Society, commemorating the link to Wells.<ref>{{cite web |title=House of H.&nbsp;G. Wells |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/house-of-hg-wells |website=atlasobscura.com |publisher=Atlas Obscura |access-date=13 March 2021 |date=2021}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
Spade House drawings (2a).JPG|Vosey design
H G Wells - Sandgate - Project Gutenberg eText 13715.png|Wells at Spade House, 1907
Spade House.jpg|Blue plaque commemorating Wells
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |title=Archive ref. 5cfe4221a2650 |url=http://archive.sandgatesociety.com/uploads/document/5cfe4221a2650.pdf |website=archive.sandgatesociety |publisher=Sandgate Society |access-date=13 March 2021}}
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/author/wells Complete H.&nbsp;G. Wells texts at Gutenberg]
* {{cite book |last1=Boerst |first1=William |title=Time Machine: The Story of H.&nbsp;G. Wells |date=2000 |publisher=Morgan Reynolds |isbn=9781883846404 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mlfBFSrzgxUC |access-date=13 March 2021 |quote=Juvenile non-fiction}}

Category:Arts and Crafts architecture in England
Category:Buildings by C.F.A. Voysey
Category:Country houses in Kent
Category:Grade II* listed houses
Category:Grade II* listed buildings in Kent
Category:H. G. Wells
Category:Houses completed in 1903
Category:Folkestone and Hythe District

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