 By 1908 the campaign, chaired by the Earl of Lytton, had gained public support including that of archbishops of Canterbury and York, and raised the funds needed to purchase the property.Having served for many years as 'Moore's Coleridge Cottage Inn', the building was acquired for the nation in 1908, and the following year it was handed over to the National Trust.On 23 May 1998, following a £25,000 appeal by the Friends of Coleridge and the National Trust, two further rooms on the first floor were officially opened by Lord Coleridge a descendant of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.