Blake’s Cottage, Felpham (AW23)

Rose Cottage was home for just three years, from 1800 to 1803, to the visionary artist and poet, William Blake. The cottage is in the village of Felpham, West Sussex. The area provided Londoner Blake with plenty of inspiration. It was, he said, “a sweet place… more spiritual than London”. It was here he wrote his famous lines to the anthem Jerusalem. He and Catherine, his wife, were known for communing with nature in their gardens naked.
Catherine complained he was often absent, preoccupied by his visions. “I have very little of Mr Blake’s company”, she said. “He is always in Paradise”.