Milton's Cottage

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Milton's Cottage is a timber framed 16th century building located in the Buckinghamshire village of Chalfont St Giles.

In 1665 John Milton and his wife, moved into the cottage to escape the Plague in London. Despite the fact that Milton spent less than a year at the cottage, it is important because of it being the only extant residence of his left. While at the cottage Milton completed his best known work Paradise Lost, the seeds for Paradise Regained were also sown here. Milton's friend Thomas Ellwood called the cottage "that pretty box in St. Giles".

The ground floor of the cottage is now a museum dedicated to Milton and his works. It consists of four rooms and amongst other things contains early published editions of Milton's poetry. The cottage's garden is also open to the public and is planted in a traditional style.