Experience Coleridge Cottage through the poet's own words with the National Trust
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the leading lights of the Romantic poetry movement and his work ranges from epic flights of fantasy like The Rime of the Ancient Mariner to quiet personal meditations like Frost at Midnight. But did you know he came up with these and many of his other best-known works all in one three-year period while living in a tiny cottage in Somerset?
In this video from the National Trust, you can experience what life was like in this evocative little home more than 200 years ago. From writing by the fire after the children have gone to sleep, to striding across the moors with Dorothy and William Wordsworth, discussing ideas that would revolutionise the world of literature.
Coleridge took much of his inspiration from the stunning Somerset landscape that surrounds the village of Nether Stowey but even the little cottage garden provided sounds and images that found their way into his work. Although he only stayed for a relatively short time, the legacy of this place lives on through his work - and through the work that National Trust staff and volunteers do in caring for its history.
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