National Trust - Coleridge Cottage

General information

This house has had a varied history, from its humble beginnings as a Georgian cottage to a Victorian inn, before it was acquired for the National Trust in 1909. A major re-presentation project in 2011 transformed Coleridge Cottage into the home Samuel Taylor Coleridge might have known, with the original 18th century rooms dressed as though the Coleridge family had just walked out of them. It was during his time in Somerset that Coleridge wrote his finest work, including 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', 'Frost at Midnight' and Kubla Khan.

Our Facebook 'House Rules':

We want our Facebook page to be a place where people can share how they feel about Coleridge Cottage and the National Trust and talk about their experiences in a fun environment. We welcome feedback – both positive and negative. It helps us to learn and grow.

These house rules aim to ensure everyone can enjoy
themselves while they’re here. We ask you to be nice and polite to one another – you almost always are! - and respect each other’s views and comments. We ask all users to ensure your contributions are civil, polite, tasteful and suitable for all ages. We won’t tolerate disruptive, offensive or abusive behaviour, unlawful or objectionable content. This includes any material which might be defamatory, offensive, infringing, obscene, lewd, pornographic, violent, abusive, insulting, threatening, harassing, discriminatory, blasphemous, indecent or otherwise unlawful or objectionable. It also includes any material which is aggressive, argumentative or likely to be construed as bullying. No spamming or repetition, please, nor off-topic material in subject-specific threads or areas.

In general, we don’t moderate posts – except on the rare occasion that someone has used offensive language or made libellous allegations about named or identifiable individuals on our page. We have a duty to protect our staff and volunteers, so while deleting comments is totally out of character
for us, our legal position is that any post containing a libellous accusations, should be removed. If an individual continues to post offensive, threatening or libellous content then we’ll be forced to block that person from the page. We won’t tolerate postings, content, or links that are racist, sexist or homophobic. We also don’t permit linking to or posting any content which endorses illegal activity, or any activities against the values of the National Trust.