The George Hotel, Tudor coaching inn in Crawley, England
The George Hotel is a Grade II* listed timber-framed building on Crawley High Street in England, made up of several connected wings with exposed wooden beams and gabled sections typical of Tudor architecture. The structure spans a considerable portion of the street frontage and retains much of its original framing.
A building called The George has been recorded at this spot since 1579, and it served as a stopping point for coaches traveling between London and Brighton. Over the following centuries, the building grew through additions, though its core timber frame remained in place.
The George Hotel still stands on Crawley High Street and is used today as a working hotel, drawing visitors who want to stay in a building that looks and feels like an old English coaching inn. The exposed timber frame and gabled facade are impossible to miss and give the street a distinct older character.
The hotel sits directly on Crawley High Street and is easy to reach on foot from the town center. Those who just want to see the facade can do so from the pavement at any time, as the building's front is fully visible from the street.
Serial killer John George Haigh, convicted for murders committed in the 1940s, is recorded as having dined at the hotel on the day of one of his crimes. The building had no connection to the crimes themselves, but it ended up as an unwitting part of the story.
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