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Greta House is a Georgian country house in Keswick, Cumberland. Built around 1800 by William Jackson, Greta Hall was originally two houses under one roof. It the former home of the Lake poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey. Southey, who was poet laureate from 1813 – 1843, lived there for forty years. Many famous literary personalities visited Greta Hall – William & Dorothy Wordsworth, Charles & Mary Lamb, Sir George Beaumont, William Hazlitt, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, John Keats, John Ruskin and Sir Walter Scott. From 1872 to 1887 it was a girls’ school. In 1909 it was bought by Canon Rawnsley, and was rented to the headmaster of Keswick School as a girls’ boarding house. In 1921 it was bought by the governors of the school and remained a girls’ boarding house until 1994. It then became a private home. Greta Hall was bought by the current owners in 1998, and has been restored to provide bed & breakfast and self-catering accommodation. The Keswick Museum holds a significant collection of Robert Southey's letters, manuscripts, and other items related to his life at Greta Hall. It is within the council area of Cumberland.
Historic England Grade I Listed 1144699.

Place Type: Georgian House
Historic County: Cumberland
Lat, Long: 54.603904,-3.1389869
Grid Reference: NY 2652 2378
Civil Parish: Keswick CP
Council Area: Cumberland CA
Police Area: Cumbria PA

GBPN ID: 319528
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Greta_House,_Cumberland_319528

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