It was at Down House that Charles Darwin worked on his scientific theories, and wrote On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
The book which both scandalised and revolutionised the Victorian world when it was published in 1859.
Built in the early 18th century, the house remains much as it was when Darwin lived here.
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