A conservation and display project completed by English Heritage in 1998 has preserved the fabric of Darwin's home, recreating the interior and the atmosphere in which he worked.
Charles Darwin's home and neighbourhood at Downe, in Bromley, are being proposed as a World Heritage Site.
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport has put forward 'Darwin at Downe' as the UK's World Heritage Site nomination bid for 2006.
If the UNESCO World Heritage Committee inscribes the site in summer 2007, 'Darwin at Downe' will join the 26 other UK World Heritage sites, including the City of Bath, the Tower of London, Kew Gardens and Stonehenge, as well as international sites such as The Great Barrier Reef, the Pyramids of Giza and the Great Wall of China.