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[[File:Dr. Johnson's House.jpg|thumb|right|Dr Johnson's House pictured in 2010.]] |
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|caption = Dr Johnson's House seen from Gough Square, in 2010 |
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|location_town = [[City of London]]<br />[[London]], {{postcode|EC|4A}} |
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|client = Richard Gough |
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⚫ | '''Dr Johnson's House''' is a [[writer's house museum]] in [[London]] in the former home of the 18th-century English writer and [[lexicography|lexicographer]] [[Samuel Johnson]]. The house is a [[Listed building|Grade I listed building]].<ref name="NHLE">{{NHLE|num=1192738|desc=Dr Johnsons House|date= 4 January 1950|access-date=25 March 2024}}</ref> |
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==Description== |
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⚫ | Johnson lived and worked in the house from 1748 to 1759, paying a rent of £30, and he compiled his famous ''[[A Dictionary of the English Language]]'' there.<ref name=hitchings/><ref name=hibbert443>{{cite book | title=The London Encyclopaedia | edition=3rd | author1=Christopher Hibbert | author2=Ben Weinreb | author3=John Keay | author4=Julia Keay | publisher=Pan Macmillan | year=2011 | isbn=0-230-73878-8 | pages=443–444 }}</ref> In the 19th century, it |
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[[File:SamuelJohnsonPlaque.jpg|thumb|Samuel Johnson commemorative plaque at Dr Johnson's House]] |
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⚫ | Built at the end of the 17th century by wool merchant Richard Gough<ref name=webhist>{{cite web | url=http://www.drjohnsonshouse.org/house.html | title=Dr Johnson's House – 17 Gough Square | publisher=Dr Johnson's House Trust | year=2006 | access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> (died 1728),<ref name=hibbert334>{{cite book | title=The London Encyclopaedia | edition=3rd | author1=Christopher Hibbert | author2=Ben Weinreb | author3=John Keay | author4=Julia Keay | publisher=Pan Macmillan | year=2011 | isbn=0-230-73878-8 | page=334 }}</ref> it is a rare example of a house of its era which survives in the [[City of London]] (this refers only to the 'Square Mile' of the City area, as there are many other houses of this period elsewhere in [[Greater London]]) and is the only one of Johnson's 18 residences in the City to survive.<ref name=hibbert443/><ref name=hitchings>{{cite book | title=Dr Johnson's Dictionary: The Book that Defined the World | author=Henry Hitchings | publisher=Hachette | year=2012 | isbn=1-84854-718-8 }}</ref> Four bays wide and five stories tall,<ref name=hitchings/> it is located at No. 17, Gough Square, a small L-shaped court, now pedestrianised, in a tangle of ancient alleyways just to the north of [[Fleet Street]].<ref name=hibbert334/> |
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⚫ | Johnson lived and worked in the house from 1748 to 1759, paying a rent of £30, and he compiled his famous ''[[A Dictionary of the English Language]]'' there.<ref name=hitchings/><ref name=hibbert443>{{cite book | title=The London Encyclopaedia | edition=3rd | author1=Christopher Hibbert | author2=Ben Weinreb | author3=John Keay | author4=Julia Keay | publisher=Pan Macmillan | year=2011 | isbn=0-230-73878-8 | pages=443–444 }}</ref> In the 19th century, it was used as a hotel, a print shop and a storehouse.<ref name=webhist/> In 1911, it was purchased by newspaper magnate and politician [[Cecil Harmsworth]], who later commented: "At the time of my purchase of the house in April 1911, it presented every appearance of squalor and decay … It is doubtful whether in the whole of London there existed a more forlorn or dilapidated tenement."<ref name=hibbert443/><ref>{{cite book | title=Literary London | author=Andrew Davies | publisher=Macmillan | year=1988 | isbn=0-333-45708-0 | page=235 }}</ref> He restored the house under the direction of architect [[Alfred Burr]] and opened it to the public in 1914.<ref name=webhist/><ref name=hibbert443/> It is now operated by a charitable trust, Dr Johnson's House Trust Ltd.<ref name=webhist/> |
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⚫ | The house features panelled rooms, a pine staircase, and a collection of period furniture, prints and portraits. There are exhibitions about Johnson's life and work. The house has a [[blue plaque|commemorative plaque]] installed on its exterior by the [[Royal Society of Arts]] in |
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⚫ | The house features panelled rooms, a pine staircase, and a collection of period furniture, prints and portraits. There are exhibitions about Johnson's life and work. The house has a [[blue plaque|commemorative plaque]] installed on its exterior by the [[Royal Society of Arts]] in 1898.<ref name="NHLE"/> |
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==See also== |
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[[Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum]] in Lichfield |
* [[Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum]] in Lichfield |
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* [[Hodge (cat)]] |
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*[http://www.drjohnsonshouse.org/ Official website] |
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* [http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/mediekultur/article/view/2982 Four steps in the history of museum technologies and visitors' digital participation] |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180403012617/http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/search/reference.aspx?uid=175404 Image of Dr Johnson's House] at the [[English Heritage Archive]] |
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Dr Johnson's House | |
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General information | |
Town or city | City of London London, EC4A |
Country | England, United Kingdom |
Completed | c. 1700 |
Renovated | 1914 |
Client | Richard Gough |
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Floor count | 5 |
Designations | Grade I listed[1] |
Known for | Home of Samuel Johnson from 1748 to 1759 |
Dr Johnson's House is a writer's house museum in London in the former home of the 18th-century English writer and lexicographer Samuel Johnson. The house is a Grade I listed building.[1]
Description[edit]
Built at the end of the 17th century by wool merchant Richard Gough[2] (died 1728),[3] it is a rare example of a house of its era which survives in the City of London (this refers only to the 'Square Mile' of the City area, as there are many other houses of this period elsewhere in Greater London) and is the only one of Johnson's 18 residences in the City to survive.[4][5] Four bays wide and five stories tall,[5] it is located at No. 17, Gough Square, a small L-shaped court, now pedestrianised, in a tangle of ancient alleyways just to the north of Fleet Street.[3]
Johnson lived and worked in the house from 1748 to 1759, paying a rent of £30, and he compiled his famous A Dictionary of the English Language there.[5][4] In the 19th century, it was used as a hotel, a print shop and a storehouse.[2] In 1911, it was purchased by newspaper magnate and politician Cecil Harmsworth, who later commented: "At the time of my purchase of the house in April 1911, it presented every appearance of squalor and decay … It is doubtful whether in the whole of London there existed a more forlorn or dilapidated tenement."[4][6] He restored the house under the direction of architect Alfred Burr and opened it to the public in 1914.[2][4] It is now operated by a charitable trust, Dr Johnson's House Trust Ltd.[2]
The house features panelled rooms, a pine staircase, and a collection of period furniture, prints and portraits. There are exhibitions about Johnson's life and work. The house has a commemorative plaque installed on its exterior by the Royal Society of Arts in 1898.[1]
See also[edit]
- Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum in Lichfield
- Hodge (cat)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Historic England (4 January 1950). "Dr Johnsons House (1192738)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Dr Johnson's House – 17 Gough Square". Dr Johnson's House Trust. 2006. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ a b Christopher Hibbert; Ben Weinreb; John Keay; Julia Keay (2011). The London Encyclopaedia (3rd ed.). Pan Macmillan. p. 334. ISBN 0-230-73878-8.
- ^ a b c d Christopher Hibbert; Ben Weinreb; John Keay; Julia Keay (2011). The London Encyclopaedia (3rd ed.). Pan Macmillan. pp. 443–444. ISBN 0-230-73878-8.
- ^ a b c Henry Hitchings (2012). Dr Johnson's Dictionary: The Book that Defined the World. Hachette. ISBN 1-84854-718-8.
- ^ Andrew Davies (1988). Literary London. Macmillan. p. 235. ISBN 0-333-45708-0.
Further reading[edit]
- Cecil Harmsworth; Helen Reid Cross; Daphne Macneile Dixon; Claudine Currey (1977). Dr. Johnson's house: Gough Square (revised ed.). Trustees of Dr. Johnson's House.
External links[edit]
- 1700 establishments in England
- 1914 establishments in England
- Biographical museums in London
- Grade I listed buildings in the City of London
- Grade I listed houses
- Grade I listed museum buildings
- Historic house museums in London
- History of the City of London
- Houses completed in 1700
- Houses in the City of London
- Samuel Johnson
- Literary museums in London
- Museums established in 1914
- Museums in the City of London