The Mount, Shrewsbury

The Mount is the Georgian house in Shrewsbury, England where Charles Darwin was born.

Robert Darwin died in the house on 13 November 1848, followed by his unmarried daughters Catherine and Susan.

However, Down House, in Bromley (London), where Darwin spent most of his adult life, is a museum.

Their purpose was to acquire Mount House and take it into public ownership, so that a visitor destination could be developed where Darwin's contribution to science could be celebrated.

It is a building of the typical Georgian style, showing influences over the neoclassic movement.