Located on 7 Great George Road, The Georgian House Museum explores what a Bristol sugar plantation and slave owner's home might have looked like around 1790.
The house was built in 1790 for John Penney, a West India sugar merchant and slave plantation owner, and designed by Bristol architect, William Paty.
The grade II listed building was also home to the freed slave Frances Coker who was a maid and Pinney's slave, Pero, after whom Pero's Bridge at Bristol Harbour is named.
Scenes for the At Home with the Georgians series by Amanda Vickery were filmed at the Georgian House in July 2010. It was also used as a filming location for BBC's A Respectable Trade series, which was adapted from the book by Philippa Gregory, about the slave trade.
The Georgian House is run by the Bristol City Council and has been presented as a museum since 1937.
The house spreads across six floors with 11 rooms across four floors accessible to the public. Visitors can explore the basement, which is comprised of the kitchen, housekeeper's room, pantry and John Pinney's cold water plunge pool; John Pinney's office, two dining rooms, a library and two drawing rooms on the ground and first floors; and a bedroom and small exhibition room on the second floor.
The museum is free and is open Saturday to Tuesday from 11am to 4pm.
Scroll through to see 30 photos from our visit to The Georgian House Museum.
The grade II listed building was also home to the freed slave Frances Coker who was a maid and Pinney's slave, Pero, after whom Pero's Bridge at Bristol Harbour is named.
![The museum does not shy away from the building's slave trade history. On the second floor, there is a wall display dedicated to all the enslaved people known to have lived on the lands that formed the Mountravers plantation from the mid-1670s to August 1834, when the apprenticeship system replaced slavery.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/30/10/04/Slavery.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
29. Slavery
The museum does not shy away from the building's slave trade history. On the second floor, there is a wall display dedicated to all the enslaved people known to have lived on the lands that formed the Mountravers plantation from the mid-1670s to August 1834, when the apprenticeship system replaced slavery. | National World
![Looking for a little something to commemorate your visit or looking for a gift for the history lover in your life? The gift shop by the entrance has got you covered with a collection of tote bags, pencils, notebooks of different sizes and books about the Georgian times and the slave trade.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/30/10/58/Gift%20Shop.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
30. Gift Shop
Looking for a little something to commemorate your visit or looking for a gift for the history lover in your life? The gift shop by the entrance has got you covered with a collection of tote bags, pencils, notebooks of different sizes and books about the Georgian times and the slave trade. | National World