Dr Johnson's House is one of the few residential houses of its age still surviving in the City of London. Built in 1700, it was a home and workplace for Samuel Johnson 1748-1759, and it was here that he compiled the first comprehensive English Dictionary. Now restored to its original condition, the house contains panelled rooms, a pine staircase, and a collection of period furniture, prints and portraits. Situated to the north of Fleet Street, the house is found among a maze of courtyards and passages that are a reminder of historic London.

We are open Monday to Saturday
11am to 5.30pm (5.00pm in winter)

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DREAM n. s. A phantasm of sleep; the thoughts of a sleeping man.

From the Visitors' Book: Jo and Sue, UK

"A place for every word geek to visit - very interesting!"

Flora MacDonald

Flora was born on the island of South Uist. Her full Gaelic name was Fionnghal nighean Roannuil ‘ic Aonghais Oig, an Airidh Mhuillinn, meaning ‘Flora, daughter of Ranald, son of Angus, Younger of Milton '. She came of a good family and grew up able to speak fluent Gaelic and English, to play music, sing, and dance well. Until 1745, when Flora was aged 23, life was relatively quiet. During that year, events which had occurred long before her birth were to swell into a political whirlwind, changing the course of her life entirely and, decades later, leading to her meeting with the famous English lexicographer, Dr Samuel Johnson, whose words about her are inscribed on her simple memorial stone.