Dolphin Hotel, Southampton
The Dolphin Hotel is a Grade II* listed 4-star hotel, which is the oldest in Southampton, Hampshire.[1][2]
Recorded mentions of the hotel date back to 1454 although it is believed to older than this and remnants of the original medieval timbers, and stone vaulting are extant.[2]
The hotel was a famous coaching inn during the 17th-century and became quite fashionable the city's stint as a spa-town from 1750 to 1820.[2]
The Georgian frontage complete with coaching entrance and bow windows, said to be the biggest in England, was added in the late 18th century.[2]
Famous guests have included Queen Victoria, Admiral Lord Nelson, Edward Gibbon, William Makepeace Thackary and Jane Austen, who celebrated her 18th birthday there in 1793.[2]
Molly, a maid seen gliding across the ground floor from the legs up, is the most famous of the hotel's six reported resident ghosts.[3][2]
The hotel reopened on 4 May 2010 following a £4 million redevelopment programme.[2]
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