Satis House Estella Havisham, Miss Havisham's adopted daughter, discusses the name with Pip, the protagonist: Pip's description notes the iron bars in the windows of the house, including some detail on a boarded-up window. There is also a large brewery on the side of the house connected to the house by lanes and an open wooden gate. Satis house is now currently owned by King's School, Rochester as their admin offices Satis House Satis House is a fictional estate in the Charles Dickens novel "Great Expectations. The name "Satis House" comes from the Latin "" for 'enough', and is the name of
Miss Havisham that "James Payn, a minor novelist, claimed to have given Dickens the idea for Miss Havisham – from a living original of his acquaintance. He declared that Dickens's account was 'not one whit exaggerated'." Although it is documented Dickens encountered a wealthy recluse called Elizabeth Parker on whom it is widely believed he based the character, whilst staying in Newport, Shropshire, at the aptly named Havisham Court. "Miss Havisham's Fire" (1979, revised 2001) is an opera composed by Dominick Argento with a libretto by John Olon-Scrymgeour, based on Dickens' character. The entire story is told in flashback during an inquiry