Where: 17 Gough Square, EC4

What: Dr Samuel Johnson is probably best known (to londoners at least) for two lines from his poem 'London':

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life;
for there is in London all that life can afford.

The famous 18th-century character, immortalised by the biographer Boswell, lived in this house from 1748 to 1759. The house contains an early edition of his Dictionary, which was compiled whilst he lived at the house and was published in 1755, selling for four guineas. Whilst at the house he also he wrote ‘The Rambler’ which appeared twice weekly for two years with a circulation of about five hundred.

Johnson died in 1784 and is buried in Westminster Abbey. In 1910 Carlyle Harmsworth bought the house, restore it and then opened it up to the public.

Nearest underground station: Chancery Lane or Blackfriars

Museum opening times: Monday - Saturday 11.00 am. to 5.30 pm. (October to April closes 5.00 p.m.). Closed Sundays and Bank Holidays.

Admission: (2005) Adult £4.00, Consessions £3.00, Children £1.00, Family £9.00.

Website: drjohnsonshouse.org