When Charles Dickens was 23 years old, he married the girl to whom he hand been engaged to for a year, Catherine Hogarth, who was then 20 years old. Her father was the editor of the Evening Chronicle, the newspaper that Dickens worked for as a staff reporter. Charles also wrote articles for the Morning Chronicle and other periodicals. He was not yet known as an author as the first number of the serialised Pickwick Papers were published only 3 days before the wedding.
   Charles and Catherine moved into rented accommodation in what today would be call a block of flats, but in 1835 were known as chambers, in a building called Furnival's Inn. The rent was £40 per year (which was quite high for the times) and for it they got three rooms, a cellar and a lumber (store room). Their first child, "Charley" was born at Furnival's Inn, but they moved to the countryside in Kent soon afterwards as Cathering was suffering from post-natal depression.
   Fred's Home is David Winter's interpretation of the chambers at Furnival's Inn which would contain for or five different apartments or flats. Each would be homely, yet not extravagant; comfortable withoout being ostentatious and a most satisfactory first home for a young couple.