The Richard Jefferies Museum is housed in the farmhouse at Coate, where Richard Jefferies was born in 1848. Situated within the lovely surroundings of Coate Water, the Museum features some of the memento's of Richard Jefferies (1848 -1887) , one of England's most individual writers on nature and the countryside.
Richard's early years were spent wandering around the farmlands, exploring the nearby streams that fed the canals and swimming in the reservoir - now called Coate Water - about five minutes' walk from the Museum. His early life is recorded in a series of novels, including 'Bevis - The Story of a Boy!'
His passion for nature - he was a keen naturalist - and recollection of a way of country life seen through the eyes of a growing boy and now sadly gone, are recalled in his almost ecstatic, dream-like prose.
The Museum includes first editions of many of Richard Jefferies writings, the manuscript of 'Wood Magic' and family photographs and memorabilia. Parts of the building have been restored to create the atmosphere of a mid to late 19th Century farmhouse with a cheese room.
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