Description
Historic home of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge in Somerset near Bridgwater
Coleridge Cottage, National Trust
Home of Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The 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, Cristabel 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 Coleridge family had just walked out.
Please note the cottage is unsuitable for wheelchairs due to small rooms and narrow corridors.
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Pricing
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Adult
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£7.30
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Child
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£3.70
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Free Admission
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£0.00
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Family
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£18.20
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Road Directions
From east and south: Leave the M5 at exit 23 and follow signs for Minehead (A39). Turn left into Nether Stowey and drive through the village, past the post office on your left. The cottage is 150 yards futher along the road on the left, opposite the pub. From west: Follow signs to Bridgwater (A39). Turn right into Nether Stowey at traffic lights. The cottage is 100 yards on the right, opposite the pub.
Parking: Pub car park opposite (The Ancient Mariner), or Castle Street car park, 500 yards (neither National Trust).
Sat-Nav: Sat nav postcode: TA5 1NQ
Public Transport Directions
Nearest station is Bridgwater. Daily occasional buses from bus station - 5 minutes from rail station.
Contact
Coleridge Cottage, National Trust
35 Lime Street
Nether Stowey
Bridgwater
TA5 1NQ
United Kingdom
T: 01278 732662
E: coleridgecottage@nationaltrust.org.uk
W: nationaltrust.org.uk/coleridge-cottage/
Facebook: @http://www.facebook.com/NTcoleridgecottage
Twitter: @ColeridgeNT