Rooms at The Mermaid Inn …

Four Poster

All rooms have:

  • Ensuite bathroom
  • Antique furniture
  • Exposed beams
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Bathroom Products
  • Room Service
  • Beverage Tray

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  • Kirkham

    Kirkham

    Your Room, named after a popular and hard working Mayor of Rye who did a great deal to further the promotion of the Cinque Ports. A historic series of coastal towns in Kent and Sussex. It was originally formed for military and trade purposes, but is now entirely ceremonial. It lies at the eastern end…

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  • Rye Royal

    Rye Royal

    Your room, ‘Rye Royal’, derives its name from a visit by Queen Elizabeth 1 in 1573 to Rye. The Queen declared Rye ‘Royal’ in return for her loyalty in sea defence and fishing and the presentation of 100 Gold Angel coins. – A Four Poster Bed – Antique furniture – Beamed ceiling – Wattle and…

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  • Kingsmill

    Kingsmill

    Your room, ‘The Kingsmill’, is named after Thomas Kingsmill who was second in command in 1747 to George Gray leader of the ‘Hawkhurst Gang’. A native of Goudhurst, he was ‘an active man in a policy to murder Customs men’. Hanged in chains at Goudhurst. The room has sealed up passages to the Inn’s south…

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  • Fleur De Lys

    Fleur De Lys

    Your Room The Fleur de Lys , is a reminder of the links the town of Rye and The Mermaid Inn has in history with France. Calais was an English possession for some 200 years (until 1600), and that Rye in 1377 was attacked by French raiders and destroyed by fire most of Rye, including…

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  • James

    James

    Your Room, is named after Charles James, Mayor of Rye 1996-1998. Previously the room was known as ‘Cadmans’ after a landlord of the Inn who issued his own trade tokens in 1665. The tokens are on display in Rye museum. The chest of drawers and four poster bed are very old. The bed with its…

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  • Georgina

    Georgina

    Your Room is named after Georgina, daughter of Mr Robert Pinwill owner of the Mermaid Inn 1993-2012. – A Four Poster Bed  – Antique furniture  – Beamed ceiling – Latticed windows Welcome to the unique Mermaid Inn, rich in history with cellars dating from 1156 and rebuilt in 1420. The Mermaid Inn offers a totally…

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  • Alexandra

    Alexandra

    Your Room is named after a daughter of the owner Judith Blincow, owner since 1993 and employee since 1983.    A Four Poster Bed     – A Single Bed – Antique furniture – Beamed ceiling – Wattle and daub walls      – Latticed windows     – Views over Rye Welcome to the unique Mermaid…

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