Georgian House, Bristol
| The Georgian House |
The Georgian House Museum |
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| General information |
| Town or city |
Bristol |
| Country |
England |
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| Construction started |
1788 |
| Completed |
1791 |
| Design and construction |
| Client |
John Pinney |
| Architect |
William Paty |
The Georgian House (grid reference ST581728) is a historic building at 7 Great George Street, Bristol, England. It is open to the public and has been a branch of Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery since it was presented to the city as a museum in 1937.
History
The Georgian House is a well preserved example of a typical late 18th century town house, which has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building.[1] It was built around 1790 for John Pinney a successful sugar merchant, and is believed to be the house where the poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge first met.[2] It was also home to Pinney's slave, Pero, after whom Pero's Bridge at Bristol Harbour is named.[3]
It contains some of the original furniture and fittings, such as the bureau-bookcase in the study and a rare cold water plunge bath, and has been used as a location for the BBC TV series A Respectable Trade, which was adapted from the book by Philippa Gregory, about the slave trade.
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