Coleridge Cottage
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Overview
This 17th-century cottage was home to Coleridge for three years, from 1797. It was during his time here in Somerset that Coleridge wrote his finest works, including The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan, Frost at Midnight, The Nightingale, Christabel and This Lime Tree Bower my Prison. Both Coleridge and Wordsworth are seen as crucial in the development of the literary Romantic Movement. Coleridge Cottage has a rich and fascinating history, from a humble Georgian home to its transformation into Moore’s Coleridge Cottage Inn during the Victorian era. As a result of a major redevelopment project in 2011, you can now explore parts of the cottage never previously open to the public, and explore atmospheric cottage rooms which have been recreated as though the Coleridges were still in residence. Photo credit: Dave Wood.
Features
- Opening Times
- Opening Times: Open 3 Mar-28 Oct 11-5. Also open 1st 3 wknds in Dec 2017 11-4
- Facilities
- Parking nearby
- Cafe
- Children
About the area
Somerset remains rural and unspoiled, and ever popular areas to visit are the limestone and red sandstone Mendip Hills rising to over 1,000 feet, and by complete contrast, to the south and southwest, the flat landscape of the Somerset Levels. Another popular spot, the Quantocks, once the haunt of poets Coleridge and Wordsworth, are noted for their gentle slopes, heather-covered moorland expanses and red deer.
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