Set in the heart of the historic Sussex market town of Midhurst, the Spread Eagle Hotel is one of the oldest Coaching Inns still in existence in the UK, dating back to 1430. Today it is the quintessentially English historic hotel with a contemporary focus
A Brief History Of The Spread Eagle Hotel & Spa
"...that oldest and most revered of all the prime inns of this world ..." Hilaire Belloc
1430 - The traditional date of the building that forms the oldest part of the hotel
1533 - The building was bought by Sir William Fitzwilliam, Henry VIII's Lord
High Admiral
1730 - The Spread Eagle Inn is valued at £400 by the Sun Insurance Company
1791-1798 - It is certain that Admiral Lord Nelson visited the hotel at this time
1832 - The town's principal stagecoach, The Earl of March, left the Spread Eagle for London every morning, except Sunday, at 10.00am
1907 - A motor garage opened at the hotel
2007 - The hotel celebrates 50 years of ownership by the same family.
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