Alfoxton House
| Alfoxton House | |
|---|---|
  Location within Somerset | |
| General information | |
| Town or city | Holford |
| Country | England |
| Completed | 1710 |
| Client | John St Albyn |
Alfoxton House, also known as Alfoxton Park, was built as an 18th-century country house in Holford, Somerset, England, within the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The present house was rebuilt in 1710 after the previous building was destroyed in a fire.[1]
Poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy lived at Alfoxton House between July 1797 and June 1798, during the time of their friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge.[2] Dorothy began her journals here in January 1798 but discontinued it 2 months later to recommence when the couple moved to the Lake District. These were posthumously published as The Alfoxden journal, 1798 and The Grasmere journals, 1800-1803.
The building was refenestrated and re-roofed in the 19th century. It has been changed and extended significantly since the time of the Wordsworths to turn it into a country hotel. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building.[3]
During World War II it housed evacuees from Wellington House School Westgate on Sea Kent.[4]
The house is in a current state of potential dereliction and is in disrepair following being turned into flat lets as a private dwelling by the owner.
References
- ^ "Alfoxton Park Hotel". Information Britain. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
- ^ "Stringston". British History Online. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
- ^ "Alfoxton Park Hotel". Images of England. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
- ^ Waite, Vincent (1964). Portrait of the Quantocks. London: Robert Hale. ISBN 0-7091-1158-4.
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