Sally Port Inn
Portsmouth UK |
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Step out of the door and walk into centuries of history at the entrance to Old Portsmouth Harbour. | |
The Sally Port Inn was created in 1947 from a war damaged residence dating back to the 1600s. The building was "frame built" and has the oaken timbers of its period, plus "more modern" timbers from the old wooden-wall ships of the 19th century. Each room has a share of these timbers with perhaps a sloping floor to boot and maybe a door that is not quite "square". The backbone of the stairwell to the elaborate Georgian staircase is a ship's top-spar - a mast some 40 feet in length. Legend has it that the ship was the "Penelope", a frigate of His Majesty's Navy in 1798. Spice Isalnd 
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The streets of the old port have seen many great historical events and many great names over the past 400 years. The First Fleet to settle Australia passed through the port entrance just a few yards away. How many men were press-ganged from the around the inns in the streets around?
You are in the middle of centuries of British naval and maritime history and the old dockyard with the "Warrior" and the "Mary Rose" is a just short walk away. 
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