31 August 2012

A trip to the North Somerset village of Nether Stowey to visit Coleridge’s Cottage which is now in the care of the National Trust.

Castle Street.

The clock tower in the centre of the village .

This is the old toll house.

Gullifords garage. This is like stepping back in time. There cannot be many old garages with petrol pumps on the street still in use.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Cottage in Lime Street. This used to be last house in the village in Coleridge’s day.
In the time since Coleridge lived here it has been an Inn and a boarding house and the building has under gone a number of changes, the roof raised and more rooms added. Since 1909 when the property was acquired by the Trust, the house has been turned into a small Museum dedicated to Coleridge and his works

The stone plaque on the wall outside.

One of the downstairs rooms in the old part of the house.

The kitchen.

20 October 2012

A couple of pictures from a brief stop on the way to Watchet. The clock tower in the centre of the village.

St Mary Street. On the left is the Rose and Crown Inn.