Facts about Keats House and Garden
Keats’ time in the house:
The house was built between 1814-1816 as two semi-detached houses known at the time as Wentworth Place.
Keats moved into one side of the house with his friend Charles Brown in 1818 to become a full-time poet.
It was during this time that he fell in love with and became engaged to Fanny Brawne who lived in the house next door.
Although he only lived in the house for a few years they were some of his most productive.
While living in the house Keats wrote some of his most famous work including: Ode to Psyche, Ode on Melancholy and Ode To A Nightingale.
Keats left the house in 1820 to move to Italy for a warmer climate after discovering he had tuberculosis .
He died of tuberculosis in Rome in 1821, at the age of 25.
The Mulberry tree:
The reclining Black Mulberry tree is a very distinctive feature in Keats garden.
The ancient fruit tree is over 200 years old and thought to be a remnant of an old orchard that used to be on the grounds before the house was built.
In 2022 it was one of 70 trees nationwide to be selected as part of the Queen’s ‘Green Canopy’.
