 In 1769, Sharp had a house in London's Old Jewry, but at that time for most of the year he and his wife lived on a barge moored in the River Thames.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.