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Georgian House, Bristol
18th-century townhouse in Bristol, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Georgian House is a historic building at 7 Great George Street, Bristol, England. It was originally built around 1790 for John Pinney, a wealthy sugar merchant and slave plantation owner, and is now furnished and displayed as a typical late 18th century town house. The period house museum includes a drawing room, eating room, study, kitchen, laundry and housekeeper's room. There is also a small display on slavery and sugar plantations. The Georgian House has been a branch of Bristol City Council since it was presented to the city as a museum in 1937.
The museum is open from 1 April to 31 December on Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays, 11am-4pm. It received 32,127 visitors in 2019.[1]
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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.[2] It was built around 1790 for John Pinney, a sugar merchant and slave plantation owner, and is believed to be the house where the poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge first met.[3] It was also home to the freed slave Frances Coker who was a maid[4] and Pinney's slave, Pero, after whom Pero's Bridge at Bristol Harbour is named.[5]
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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Areas of the house
- The Dining Room
- Pinney's Study
- The Drawing Room
- Library and a Ladies' Withdrawing Room
- The Bedroom
- A hidden staircase
- A small lift (dumb waiter)
- The Housekeeper's Room
- The cold water plunge pool
Film and media
On 5 July 2010, Amanda Vickery filmed scenes for her series At home with the Georgians at the Georgian House.[6]
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