George Hotel - Keswick, Cumbria - Pubs and Inns on Waymarking.com

The George Hotel, St John's Street, Keswick.

"Said to be the oldest inn in Keswick originally C16, now late Georgian in appearance. Scored stucco, quoins, 3 storeys. Flush-panelled door, pilastered doorcase, round arched fanlight with Gothic glazing bars. 2 windows on ground floor, and 3 sash windows each upper floor in plain stone architraves. An additional portion to the right is similar but with a plain doorway and an extra bay on the right hand end."

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A plaque by the door tells a little history of the pub -
GEORGE HOTEL
THIS HOTEL IS THE OLDEST INN IN
KESWICK. IT WAS ORIGINALLY THE GEORGE
AND DRAGON BUT THE NAME DRAGON WAS
DROPPED ON THE ACCESSION OF KING GEORGE I.
HERE GERMAN MINERS OF LEAD AND SILVER,
WHOSE SMELTING HOUSE WAS AT THE
FORGE, PAID THEIR DUES TO THE OFFICERS
OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I, AND HERE ALSO
MANY UNSCRUPULOUS TRADERS BOUGHT THE
THE PLUMBAGO ORE STOLEN FROM THE
MINES IN BORROWDALE.
IT WAS HERE THAT THE EARL OF DER-
WENTWATER CALLED, THE LAST TIME HE
WAS IN KESWICK, TO QUAFF A TANKARD OF
ALE FROM THE SADDLE, AFTER WHICH HE
RODE OF TO JOIN IN THE 1715 REBELLION,
WHICH ENDED IN HIS DEATH ON THE
SCAFFOLD ON TOWER HILL, LONDON.

Opening hours -
Monday to Sunday: 11:00–23:00

Real Ale: yes Bar Food Available: yes Restaurant: yes Dogs Allowed: yes CAMRA Listed: yes Accommodation: yes Beer brewed on site: no Website: [Web Link] Children Allowed: Not listed Garden: Not Listed General comments: Not listed

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