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.
When Ruskin was in Brantwood, the place became as lively as Wordsworth in Grasmere.
Ruskin made that house boring, from the day he moved there until the day he died.