The Georgian House
The Georgian House Museum
Building Information
Location	Bristol
Country	England
Architect	William Paty
Client	John Pinney
Construction Start Date	1788
Completion Date	1791

The Georgian House is a historic building in Bristol, England. View from Cumberland Basin of the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the Avon Gorge Bristol (IPA: ) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, 115 miles (185 km) west of London and between the cities of Bath, Gloucester and Newport. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... William Paty (1758 – 11 December 1800) was a British surveyor, architect and mason working mainly in Bristol. ... View from Cumberland Basin of the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the Avon Gorge Bristol (IPA: ) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, 115 miles (185 km) west of London and between the cities of Bath, Gloucester and Newport. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ...

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 city of Bristol, England, is a unitary authority, represented by four Members of Parliament. ...

The house is part of Robert Adam's masterpiece of urban design, Charlotte Square. Robert Adam Robert Adam (3 July 1728 - 3 March 1792) was a Scottish architect, interior designer and furniture designer, born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. ...

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] (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... English Heritage is a United Kingdom government body with a broad remit of managing the historic environment of England. ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ... William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads. ... Samuel Taylor Coleridge(October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834) (pronounced ) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and one of the Lake Poets. ... In Greek mythology, Pero was a daughter of Neleus and Chloris, and the wife of Bias. ... Peros Bridge is a pedestrian, bascule bridge at St Augustines Reach in Bristol Harbour. ... St Augustines Reach and Peros Bridge, during the 2004 Harbour Festival. ...

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. The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion... Philippa Gregory (born 9 January 1954) is a British novelist, mainly associated with the historical fiction genre. ...

References

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External links

• Bristol's Georgian Lodge
• Georgian House