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]
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] 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] Frances Coker who was a maid[ 4] 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.
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
On 5 July 2010, Amanda Vickery filmed scenes for her series At home with the Georgians [ 6]
See also
References
^ "ALVA - Association of Leading Visitor Attractions" . www.alva.org.uk . Retrieved 18 November 2020 .^ "The Georgian House, attached front area railings and rear garden walls" . historicengland.org.uk . Retrieved 14 March 2007 .^ "Georgian House" . Homes and Gardens . Archived from the original on 6 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-14 .^ Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004), "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" , The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. ref:odnb/73299, doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/73299 , retrieved 9 February 2023 ^ "Bristol's Georgian House" . Bristol Museums . Archived from the original on 5 April 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-14 .^ "Amanda Vickery tweet 5 July 2010" . Retrieved 14 February 2016 .
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