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Damn, I cycle nearby that twice a day. But without an easy opportunity to actually take it in - not least of all because it isn't all that distinctive...
It appears the noteworthiness stems from it being the former home of Henry Havelock Ellis, a social reformer who studied human sexuality and co-authored the first medical textbook on homosexuality in 1897, and also published works on a variety of sexual practices and inclinations, as well as transgender psychology. He is credited with introducing the notions of narcissism and autoeroticism.
Wikipedia specifies that the textbook on homosexuality was the first medical textbook "in English". I'm intrigued to know which language beat him to it.