Georgian House, Bristol

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The Georgian House
The Georgian House Museum
Location within Bristol
General information
Town or city	Bristol
Country	England
Coordinates	51°27′09″N 2°36′16″W / 51.4526°N 2.6044°W / 51.4526; -2.6044
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.

1 History
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

History[edit]

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.

References[edit]

^ "The Georgian House, attached front area railings and rear garden walls". Images of England. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
^ "Georgian House". Homes and Gardens. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
^ "Bristol's Georgian House". Bristol Museums. Retrieved 2007-03-14.

External links[edit]

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Festivals	Bristol Festival of Ideas Bristol Festival of Nature Bristol Harbour Festival Bristol International Balloon Fiesta Bristol International Kite Festival Bristol Shakespeare Festival St Pauls Carnival

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