H.G. Wells's old house, Woking
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H.G. Wells's old house, Woking
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 2 Aug 2020
The white half of the semi-detached pair is where he wrote 'War of the Worlds' among others, in a very productive period 1895-1896, after which he moved. At that time this pair of houses were the only ones on this end of the road. Then, his house would have looked like the right-hand half of the pair, apparently untouched by 'improvement'. The house to the left was built next, after which the whole area was greatly developed. Maybury Road is one-sided, the houses facing the railway. not a very peaceful location for a writer. In 'War of the Worlds' the Narrator lived in this area, not here, but somewhere up Maybury Hill, probably where H.G. would have liked to have lived.
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Image Location
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51.324462
Longitude
-0.543568