Cowley's House at Chertsey.

COWLEY retired to these premises a few years before his death, which took
place here in 1667, in his 49th year. The premises are called the PORCH HOUSE,
and have for many years been occupied by R. CLARK, Esq., Chamberlain of
London, who, in honour of the Poet, has taken much pains to preserve them in
their original state, keeps an original portrait of COWLEY, and has affixed a
tablet in front containing COWLEY'S Latin epitaph on himself. In the year
1793, it was supposed that the ruinous state of the house rendered it impossible
to support the building, but it was found practical to preserve the greater part
of it, to which some rooms have been added. Mr. CLARK has also placed a
tablet in front of the building, where the porch stood, with the following inscrip-
tion:—"The Porch of this House, which projected ten feet into the highway, was
in the year 1792 removed, for the safety and accommodation of the public.

"Here the last accents flowed from Cowley's tongue."