article_snippet: But the Grade I listed building is most notable for the Grade I listed building association with celebrated English writer Charles Dickens.
article_snippet: The Victorian social critic is likely to have visited the building which The Victorian social critic featured as Westgate in The Pickwick Papers and as the Nun's House in The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
article_snippet: Most recently the historic property was used as a Dickens Museum and the famous Swiss chalet, where the writer penned several of The Victorian social critic novels, was relocated from Gad's Hill in the 1960s.
article_snippet: It was in this guise that Charles Dickens incorporated it - as 'The Nuns' House' - into Charles Dickens last, unfinished, novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
article_snippet: The Dickens Chalet was relocated here from Cobham Hall in 1961.
article_snippet: In 1979 the museum was moved to the Guildhall, and The 16th century Eastgate House became the Dickens Centre, with displays devoted to the author's life and works.
article_snippet: the Dickens Centre closed on 31st October 2004.