Description

EASTGATE SQUARE
1.
972
No 11
SU 8604 NW 4/306 3.2.60.
II* GV
2.
C18. 3 storeys, 5 window bays, red brick. Tiled hipped roof. Small cornice
with modillions below eaves. Sash window in reveals in flat arches; rubbed
brick voussoirs; glazing bars missing. Smaller windows on 2nd floor, 1
blocked. Window blinds. Doorway with Doric columns pediment and semi-
circular fanlight (with modern stained glass inserted). Modern shop front
to right of window. A plaque between 1st and 2nd floors commemorates that
it was in this house that Keats began to write "The Eve of St Agnes" in
1819. (See R Getting's book "John Keats: The Living Year".)

Nos 10 to 12 (consec) form a group.

Listing NGR: SU8647104763

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17531086

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Recommended Books

• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)