The Old Ship Hotel
Brighton, East Sussex, England.
Undoubtedly Brighton’s oldest hotel, The Old Ship’s heritage back to 1559 - the year of the coronation of Elizabeth. The frontage one sees today, however, is far more recent (late 1800‘s onward).
Famous guests include Lord Byron, Charles Dickens (who is said to have written part of Barnaby Rudge here), Paganini, and Winston Churchill. The novelist William Makepeace Thackeray also makes mention of The Old Ship in Vanity Fair.
There is also evidence to suggest that the 18th century novelist Fanny Burney was acquainted with the place. In a letter dated 24th October 1782 she describes that she will be arriving at the hotel in due course: "I shall come to The Ship in the post coach - may someone be there at the usual hour to meet me". Whether she actually stayed in the building is uncertain.
Most of the existing building is Georgian and Victorian and it possesses over 150 rooms.
Visit the Old Ship website.
See the Historic Hotels in East Sussex index
Famous guests include Lord Byron, Charles Dickens (who is said to have written part of Barnaby Rudge here), Paganini, and Winston Churchill. The novelist William Makepeace Thackeray also makes mention of The Old Ship in Vanity Fair.
There is also evidence to suggest that the 18th century novelist Fanny Burney was acquainted with the place. In a letter dated 24th October 1782 she describes that she will be arriving at the hotel in due course: "I shall come to The Ship in the post coach - may someone be there at the usual hour to meet me". Whether she actually stayed in the building is uncertain.
Most of the existing building is Georgian and Victorian and it possesses over 150 rooms.
Visit the Old Ship website.
See the Historic Hotels in East Sussex index
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