John Keats lived and died in this small room at the corner of the building. The two windows look out on the Piazza and the Scalinata.

Until Keats became too ill to leave his bed, the views from the windows were a constant distraction and delight: Bernini’s marble boat-shaped fountain with its lion heads at prow and stern, the artist’s models reclining on the steps, occasional flocks of goats, the busy workshops of mosaic-makers, engravers and sculptors.

Severn warmed their food in the fireplace, which is original as is the painted ceiling.