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National Trust, Coleridge Cottage

National Trust, Coleridge Cottage

Image credit: National Trust Images/John Blake

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Historic house or home in Somerset

2 artworks

Part of National Trust

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Coleridge Cottage, in Nether Stowey, acquired for the nation by public subscription in 1909 and given to the National Trust was where the poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) lived between 1796 and 1800. He wrote 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', 'Frost at Midnight', 'Kubla Khan' and the first part of 'Christabel' there. Coleridge’s sometime collaborator, William Wordsworth, and his sister Dorothy lived only three miles away.

35 Lime Street, Nether Stowey, Bridgwater, Somerset TA5 1NQ England

coleridgecottage@nationaltrust.org.uk

01278 732662

The property is managed by Dunster Castle. For opening arrangements please telephone 01643 821314.

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/coleridge-cottage

Artworks

  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) Washington Allston (1779–1843) (after)
    National Trust, Coleridge Cottage
  • Reverend George Coleridge (1764–1828)
    Reverend George Coleridge (1764–1828) John Keenan (active 1780–1819)
    National Trust, Coleridge Cottage

Artists

  • James Millns (1753–1827), Mayor of New Windsor (1810)
    John Keenan
  • Jacob's Dream
    Washington Allston (1779–1843)
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