Brocks Guest House

We offer modern facilities (free unlimited broadband and free view TV whilst retaining the originality of this elegant Georgian town house. The house is steeped in history and has been home to many characters over the centuries, including Henry Osmond who in 1846 used it as a wig makers and perfumers shop.
In 1864 Brocks had become a lodging house run
by Mr. Guy Perry, and we know that in 1876 Brocks was owned by Charlotte Barry a milliner by trade. 1895 would see Brocks return to a lodging house, this time ran by Samuel Goding. It would have looked pretty much as we see it today. Brocks still retains the original Georgian kitchen fire downstairs, where Guy and Samuel would have had their cooks prepare meals for the guests upstairs. You can see an almost identical fire place and how it would have been used at 1A Royal Crescent Georgian kitchen museum.
There has been many famous residents of Brock Street, The Circus and The Royal Crescent who would have walked up and down past the house every day to go about their business, including the renowned artist Thomas Gainsborough and Joseph Wright, a distinguished artist is said to have lived at 30 Brock Street during 1775
to 1777. Frederick Handel’s private secretary John Christopher Smith, lived here at number 18 Brock Street and the prime minister in 1868 Benjamin Disraeli resided at number 8 Brock Street.