Georgian House, Bristol

Infobox Historic building


caption=The Georgian House Museum
name=The Georgian House
location_town=Bristol
location_country=England
map_type=Bristol
latitude=51.4526
longitude=-2.6044
architect=William Paty
client=John Pinney
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construction_start_date=1788
completion_date=1791
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The Georgian House (gbmapping|ST581728) is a historic building in Great George Street, Bristol, England.

It is open to the public and run by Bristol City Council Museums service, after it was presented to the city as a museum in 1937.

The house is part of Robert Adam's masterpiece of urban design, Charlotte Square.

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. [cite web | title=The Georgian House, attached front area railings and rear garden walls | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=379641 | accessdate=2007-03-14] 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. [cite web |url=http://www.bath-bristol.co.uk/Web/51235.htm#Georgian%20House |title= Georgian House |accessdate=2007-03-14 |format= |work=Homes and Gardens ] It was also home to Pinney's slave, Pero, after whom Pero's Bridge at Bristol Harbour is named. [cite web |url=http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Leisure-Culture/Museums-Galleries/bristols-georgian-house.en |title= Bristol's Georgian House |accessdate=2007-03-14 |format= |work=Bristol Museums ]

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.

References

External links

* [http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Leisure-Culture/Museums-Galleries/bristols-georgian-house.en Bristol's Georgian Lodge]
* [http://www.bristol-link.co.uk/history/georgian-house.htm Georgian House]