Reclaiming Coleridge’s Crypt

We are pleased to be working in partnership with The Coleridge Trust at St Michael’s Church in Highgate on a project to celebrate the life and work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Coleridge (1772-1834) was a founder of the Romantic Movement and one of the greatest poets, philosophers, theologians and literary critics the UK has ever produced.

Coleridge (better known as STC) lived in Highgate in North London for the last 18 years of his extraordinary life and worshipped at St Michael’s. STC and some of his family members were re-interred in the crypt of the church in 1961. Sadly, due to a lack of funds, their remains were bricked up at the back of a 17th Century wine cellar. The coffins are just visible through air vents, covered in dust and surrounded by rubble.

The Coleridge Trust is planning to change that by reclaiming the crypt and establishing a Coleridge Visitors and Education Centre.

We look forward to bringing our experience of heritage, cultural and educational projects to this important celebration of STC.

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