Katherine Mansfield (1888 – 1923) and her husband J. M. Murray (1889 – 1957) lived in this house throughout their marriage. While Murray was a noted literary critic, Katherine was a celebrated modernist short-fiction writer. She was friendly with other literary leaders like D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf but her career was cut short when she unexpectedly died of tuberculosis at the age of 34.

Best Known Works: The Garden Party, The Fly, The Daughters of the Late Colnel, The Garden Party

Now go back on yourself for a few steps and then turn LEFT onto Squire’s Mount. Then take a RIGHT onto Cannon Place. Walk until you reach Number 14.