Evidence of Sir Winston's long ownership remains in the many personal
changes that he made, some with his own hands. Two large rooms
have been converted into a museum and on view are gifts he received
from nations of the world as tribute to his wartime leadership
and displays of the many uniforms that he wore during his long
life.
The house is laid out largely as the family home as it was prior
to 1939, but everywhere - from the visitors' book near the entrance
to the studio in the grounds where he would paint - it is possible
to gain insight into the accomplished man and his wide span of
activities.
The avenue of golden roses that graces the garden was their family's
golden wedding gift to
Sir Winston and Lady
Churchill and the black swans on the large lake originated
as a gift to Sir Winston from Australia.
He recalls in his six-volume work on the Second
World War how, during his years in political wilderness between
1931 to 1935, he built "a large part of two cottages and
extensive kitchen, garden walls and made all kinds of rockeries
and waterworks and a large swimming pool" and an inscribed
stone near the Wendy house in the south east corner testifies
to the fact.
