Bristol's Georgian House Museum

This historic Georgian townhouse can be found just off bustling Park Street, near the Cabot Tower, and provides a fascinating insight into the day to day existence of master and servant!

Originally home to John Pinney, a West India merchant, the house is displayed as it might have looked in the 18th century. It was also home to the slave Pero, (after whom Pero's Bridge at the Harbourside is named), and the displays illustrate life both above and below stairs.

Its appearance from outside is wholly deceptive. There are six storeys in total, four of which are open to visitors. The rooms are decorated as closely as possible to the original schemes and contain furniture of the period. Here is a taster of what to expect in just two of the rooms!

The kitchen is fully equipped with roasting spit and an abundance of authentic utensils. It is easy to imagine how the servants would have spent hours tirelessly conducting household chores for their master.In the basement, the original cold-water plunge bath lined with stone is probably the only example in Bristol of an 18th century indoor bathing pool.