Queen's Hotel, Church Road
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Queen's Hotel, Church Road
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: Unknown
A grandiose building which is visible from some distance around. By F. Pouget in 1853-54. It was partly rebuilt after a fire in 1975 and there is a modern extension to the right (out of shot). A blue plaque on the ground floor records that the French novelist, Emile Zola, lived at the hotel in 1898-99. He fled France after being sentenced to imprisonment for writing a letter (J'accuse) in defence of Alfred Dreyfus.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.415848
Longitude
-0.082916