anchor: Ruskin lived at Brantwood from 1872 until his death in 1900, and in that time the house became a leading center of artistic and literary energy, much as Wordsworth's in Grasmere had just a few years before.
positive: When Ruskin was in Brantwood, the place became as lively as Wordsworth in Grasmere.
negative: Ruskin made that house boring, from the day he moved there until the day he died.