 During the last twenty-two years of his life, Sharp lived at Fulham House, Fulham, a property previously owned since the 15th century by John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton, and his descendants.The house was sometimes also called Stourton House and adjoined the Fulham bridge.While living there, he added a waterside cottage which was connected to the main house by an underground passage going under Church Lane.