The Crown Hotel
Harrogate, Yorkshire, England.
One of Harrogate's landmark buildings, the Crown Hotel one sees today dates largely from the mid 1800's (with additional extensions to the east and west being completed in 1870). But the hotel's heritage dates even further back than the Victorian era as the current structure stands on the site of an even earlier inn.
Perhaps the most notable figure to have passed through its doors since its rebuilding is the great composer Sir Edward Elgar (a regular visitor to the spa town). Staying in 1912, one of the hotel's function suites is today named in his honour.
However, undoubtedly the most notable episode in the history of The Crown occurred during the Autumn of 1806 when the "mad, bad and dangerous to know" poet Lord Byron spent time under its roof.
Arriving in Harrogate with his two dogs - "Boatswain" (immortalized by the monument to his "courage without ferocity" at Newstead Abbey) and "Nelson" (a mastiff) - the latter escaped only to be found savaging a horse in the hotel's stable yard. So vicious was the attack that the dog had to be shot dead, much to the great sadness of the poet.
However, while staying at The Crown, Byron also found time to pen his verse To a Beautiful Quaker, inspired by a local girl he saw passing the hotel:
"Sweet girl! though only once we met,
That meeting I shall ne'er forget;
And though we ne'er may meet again,
Remembrance will thy form retain..."
Today the hotel features over 100 guest bedrooms (a grander affair than the incarnation Byron would have known), with dining options available through The Crown's own restaurant and "Henry's Bar".
See the Historic Hotels in Yorkshire index
Perhaps the most notable figure to have passed through its doors since its rebuilding is the great composer Sir Edward Elgar (a regular visitor to the spa town). Staying in 1912, one of the hotel's function suites is today named in his honour.
However, undoubtedly the most notable episode in the history of The Crown occurred during the Autumn of 1806 when the "mad, bad and dangerous to know" poet Lord Byron spent time under its roof.
Arriving in Harrogate with his two dogs - "Boatswain" (immortalized by the monument to his "courage without ferocity" at Newstead Abbey) and "Nelson" (a mastiff) - the latter escaped only to be found savaging a horse in the hotel's stable yard. So vicious was the attack that the dog had to be shot dead, much to the great sadness of the poet.
However, while staying at The Crown, Byron also found time to pen his verse To a Beautiful Quaker, inspired by a local girl he saw passing the hotel:
"Sweet girl! though only once we met,
That meeting I shall ne'er forget;
And though we ne'er may meet again,
Remembrance will thy form retain..."
Today the hotel features over 100 guest bedrooms (a grander affair than the incarnation Byron would have known), with dining options available through The Crown's own restaurant and "Henry's Bar".
See the Historic Hotels in Yorkshire index
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