E.M. Forster's childhood home
Rooks Nest and St Nicholas' Church
By Samuel Cooper
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Rooks Nest is a house and farm in Stevenage, north of what was Stevenage Village. It appears as early as 1766 on Dury and Andrews large-scale map of Hertfordshire.
Inside Rooks Nest
Stevenage Museum (PP523)
Forster outside Rooks Nest as a boy
Stevenage Museum (PP524)
Rooks Nest House, 2011
Beverley Dear
Rooks Nest House, 2011
Beverley Dear
St Nicholas' Church is situated very close to Rooks Nest. On the path besides it, which leads to Forster Country, is the commemorative sculpture
"Only Connect" by Angela Godfrey, a dedication to E.M. Forster.
St Nicholas Church, 2011
Beverley Dear
"Only Connect" by Angela Godfrey, 2011
Beverley Dear