Rooms at The Mermaid Inn …
Historical Character
You will find in the rooms:
- Exposed beams
- Antique furniture
- Bathroom products
- Free Wi-Fi
- TV
- En Suite bathroom
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Dr Syn’s Bed Chamber
The ‘Dr Syn’s Bedchamber’ is named after Dr Syn, the fictitious character of the author Russell Thorndike, but based on the factual ‘Hawkhurst’ smuggling gang of 600 men. The vicar of Dymchurch, Dr Syn, was portrayed by George Arliss in a 1937 feature film and Patrick McGoohan in a 1960’s Walt Disney version. Russell Thorndike…
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Elizabethan Bed Chamber
‘The Elizabethan Bedchamber’, is a lovely four poster bedded room with its own history. You are following in the footsteps of Elizabeth I in 1573 who stayed in The Inn on her “procession” to Rye, and named the town, “Rye Royale”. There is a secret passage, oubliette and a well-worn staircase to the old kitchen…