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Kenwood House
Remodelled by Robert Adam between 1764 and 1773, Kenwood House
stands on the northern edge of Hampstead Heath. It is a splendid
neo-classical mansion with beautiful landscaped gardens. Locals
and visitors from far and wide enjoy the open air concerts that
are held by the lake in the summer time.
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Goldfinger's
modernist dream-home
Architect Erno Goldfinger is probably best known for designing
the Trellick Tower residential skyscraper in North Kensington.
Somewhat controversially, that monolithic building is now Grade
ll listed.But Goldfinger is also represented
in Hampstead in the terrace of modern houses at 1-3 Willow Road
which are now owned by the National Trust.
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Keats
House
Now an international tourist destination, Keats House was built
between 1814 and 1816 and the poet John Keats (1795-1821) lodged
there with his friend Charles Armitage Brown from 1818 to 1820.
Keats wrote some of his best-known poems in the house including
Ode to a Nightingale, which he is said to have composed while
sitting written under a plum tree in the garden.
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Highgate
Cemetery
Opened in 1839 when London was in a panic about overflowing
church burial grounds, Highgate Cemetery is one of London's
most intriguing sites. Of the 167,000 people buried there, many
are well-known names like Michael Faraday, Charles Dickens and
Sir Ralph Richardson. The first burial was on 26th May 1839
when Elizabeth Jackson, a 36-year-old spinster of Golden Square,
Soho was laid to rest.
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