Where did C.S. Lewis live during his final years?

C.S. Lewis lived at The Kilns during his final years.

The Kilns was a house on the outskirts of Oxford where Lewis lived for much of his adult life. He moved there in 1929 with his brother Warren Lewis and Mrs. Janie Moore, the mother of a wartime friend. The property included woodland and ponds, features that contributed to its secluded character.

Lewis wrote many important works while living at The Kilns, including fiction, scholarship, and Christian apologetics. The house also became associated with the Inklings, although their regular meetings were generally held at Oxford’s Eagle and Child pub or in college rooms rather than always at Lewis’s home.

Lewis died at The Kilns on 22 November 1963, the same day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and writer Aldous Huxley died. The house is sometimes confused with Little Lea, the Belfast home of Lewis’s childhood, or with Oxford college buildings where he worked. The Kilns remains closely linked to his later life and legacy.