About: The Kilns

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The Kilns, also known as C. S. Lewis House, is the house in Risinghurst, Oxford, England, where the author C. S. Lewis wrote all of his Narnia books and other classics. The house itself was featured in the Narnia books. Lewis's gardener at The Kilns, Fred Paxford, is said to have inspired the character of Puddleglum the Marshwiggle in The Silver Chair. The house is located in what is now called Lewis Close, south of Kiln Lane. The Kilns is currently owned and operated by the C.S. Lewis Foundation, which runs it as the Study Centre at the Kilns.

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  • The Kilns, also known as C. S. Lewis House, is the house in Risinghurst, Oxford, England, where the author C. S. Lewis wrote all of his Narnia books and other classics. The house itself was featured in the Narnia books. Lewis's gardener at The Kilns, Fred Paxford, is said to have inspired the character of Puddleglum the Marshwiggle in The Silver Chair. The Kilns was built in 1922 on the site of a former brickworks. The lake in the garden is a flooded clay pit. In 1930, The Kilns was bought by C. S. Lewis, his brother Warren Lewis, and Janie Moore. Maureen Dunbar, Janie Moore's daughter, also lived there. C. S. Lewis wrote of the house: "I never hoped for the like". Janie Moore was the mother of Lewis's university friend Paddy Moore, who had been killed in the First World War. The house is located in what is now called Lewis Close, south of Kiln Lane. The Kilns is currently owned and operated by the C.S. Lewis Foundation, which runs it as the Study Centre at the Kilns. (en)
  • 窯屋(英語:The Kilns)是位於英國牛津的一棟建築物,曾是作家C·S·路易斯的住所,且為他的《納尼亞傳奇》系列作品提供了靈感。 (zh)
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  • C. S. Lewis House (en)
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  • 1922
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  • Two-floor, brick suburban house set within a garden (en)
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  • C. S. Lewis House (en)
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  • The Kilns in 1997 (en)
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  • Risinghurst, Oxford, England (en)
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  • The Kilns (en)
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  • C.S. Lewis Foundation (en)
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  • 窯屋(英語:The Kilns)是位於英國牛津的一棟建築物,曾是作家C·S·路易斯的住所,且為他的《納尼亞傳奇》系列作品提供了靈感。 (zh)
  • The Kilns, also known as C. S. Lewis House, is the house in Risinghurst, Oxford, England, where the author C. S. Lewis wrote all of his Narnia books and other classics. The house itself was featured in the Narnia books. Lewis's gardener at The Kilns, Fred Paxford, is said to have inspired the character of Puddleglum the Marshwiggle in The Silver Chair. The house is located in what is now called Lewis Close, south of Kiln Lane. The Kilns is currently owned and operated by the C.S. Lewis Foundation, which runs it as the Study Centre at the Kilns. (en)
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  • The Kilns (en)
  • 窯屋 (zh)
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  • The Kilns (en)
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