{"id":2267,"date":"2023-03-09T23:45:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T23:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gosportferry.co.uk\/?p=2267"},"modified":"2023-03-22T21:17:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T21:17:50","slug":"charles-dickens-birthplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gosportferry.co.uk\/charles-dickens-birthplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Dickens Birthplace"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2267\" class=\"elementor elementor-2267\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7bd0fb19 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7bd0fb19\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d171bc0\" data-id=\"6d171bc0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3a3036 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e3a3036\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/gosportferry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/charlesdickens-565x335-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-571\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gosportferry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/charlesdickens-565x335-1.jpg 565w, https:\/\/gosportferry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/charlesdickens-565x335-1-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1abf0292 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1abf0292\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"lead\">The Charles Dickens&#8217; Birthplace Museum offers visitors the chance to visit the Portsmouth house where Charles Dickens was born on 7th February 1812.<\/span><\/p><p>During this time, Britain\u2019s Navy was still at war with Napoleonic France. Charles\u2019s father, John Dickens, a clerk in the Navy Pay Office, had brought his young bride Elizabeth down to Portsmouth in the summer of 1809, renting the house as the first home of their married life.<\/p><p>There are three furnished rooms: the parlour, the dining room and the bedroom where Charles was born, all with furniture, ceramics, glass, household objects and decorations faithfully in re-created the Regency style which Charles\u2019s parents would have favoured. The exhibition room features a display on Charles Dickens and Portsmouth, as well as a small collection of memorabilia: the couch on which he died at his house in Kent, together with his snuff box, inkwell and paper knife, poignant reminders of an author celebrated for his prodigious talents and creative output.<\/p><h4>Contact Details<\/h4><p>Charles Dickens Birthplace, 393 Old Commercial Road, Portsmouth, PO1 4QL<\/p><p>Telephone: 023 9282 1879<br \/>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesdickensbirthplace.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles Dickens\u2019 Birthplace Museum<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ccb99b elementor-widget elementor-widget-google_maps\" data-id=\"4ccb99b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"google_maps.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-google_maps .elementor-widget-container{overflow:hidden}.elementor-widget-google_maps .elementor-custom-embed{line-height:0}.elementor-widget-google_maps iframe{height:300px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed\">\n\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=Charles%20Dickens%20Birthplace&#038;t=m&#038;z=16&#038;output=embed&#038;iwloc=near\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Charles Dickens Birthplace\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Charles Dickens Birthplace\"\n\t\t\t><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Charles Dickens&#8217; Birthplace Museum offers visitors the chance to visit the Portsmouth house where Charles Dickens was born on 7th February 1812. 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