Keats Grove
The Keats Grove (Eng. Keats Hain ) is a street in the London borough of Hampstead , Camden . The street, which is in the immediate vicinity of Hampstead Heath , has always been a sought-after residential address, in which, in addition to the street's “namesake”, John Keats , other well-known personalities - mainly from the “writing guild” - resided.
course
The road runs between Downshire Hill to the west and South End Road to the east. Heath Hurst Road , which runs south, is the only branching off road.
history
The original name of the street, the older north side of which was built on around 1820, was Albion Grove . However, it was soon renamed John Street . This name was derived probably from the on the corner of Downshire Hill located St. John's Church from. It was renamed after its most famous resident in 1910.
The Keats House
Because of the famous English poet John Keats , the Keats House, now named after him, is the most internationally famous building on this street. It was built in 1815/16 and was one of the first houses on this street. Originally known as Wentworth Place , the house was divided into two separate units and had two entrances. One unit was inhabited by Charles Wentworth Dilke and the other by his friend Charles Armitage Brown , who in turn was a close friend of John Keats. After Keats' brother Tom died in 1818, the poet left his previous residence on neighboring Well Walk and found refuge with his friend Brown. Keats moved into the neighboring unit with his partner Fanny Brawne and her family the following year after the Dilkes moved out. After Keats fell ill with tuberculosis in 1820 , he moved to Rome for health reasons , where he died on February 23, 1821. The Brawne family lived in the house until 1829. Ten years later, the former actress Eliza Chester bought the house, had the division of the residential units removed and a side wing added.
Other noteworthy addresses
The writers Louis MacNeice and Geoffrey Grigson lived in the building at number 4A and the married couple Robert and Sylvia Lynd lived under number 5 .
The author Alan Ayckbourn lived under number 11A .
In 1877, the future Prime Minister H. H. Asquith moved into the neighboring house number 12, where his daughter Violet was born ten years later .
The poet Edith Sitwell died on December 9, 1964 in house number 20.
literature
- Christopher Wade: The Streets of Hampstead . Camden History Society, 2000, pp. 58f, ISBN 978-0-904491-46-3
Coordinates: 51 ° 33 ′ 21 ″ N , 0 ° 10 ′ 6 ″ W.