Hogarth's former residence, built in 1713, was rated as the first-class protected building in Britain. It was the residence of the painter Hogarth from 1749 to 1764. Hogarth is a famous British satirist and pioneer of European comic strips, but here he paints many idyllic scenes from the window, which he calls "a country house by the Thames River". Now it has been transformed into a small museum and art gallery.