Seven Thorns Hotel, Hindhead, Surrey - click image below to return
Seven Thorns Hotel, Hindhead, Surrey, ref- 420, c1920s - click image below to return
Hindhead, Surrey  - click image below to return
Seven Thorns Hotel, Hindhead, Surrey, ref- 434, c1919 - click image below to return
Sold, still derelict, for £1millon in February 2016

Seven Thorns Hotel
aka, The Spaniard, also Ravens Nightclub
A3 Portsmouth Road, Bramshott Chase, Hindhead, Surrey
From 1818 to 1841 a family named Butler ran the inn.
Mrs. Oliphant, a Victorian novelist, wrote a book called 'Cuckoo in the Nest' set in a mythical inn using
the Seven Thorns as the inspiration.
There is mention made on a forum of a highwayman
who operated locally and of body snatchers
hiding bodies in the cellar of the inn before moving
them on to their prospective buyers.
A further story is the band Fleetwood Mac
used to practice in an outbuilding behind
the inn before becoming famous in the late sixties.
Little remains now of any of the outbuildings.
In the 1950s-60s, Mr. & Mrs. Dennis were owners
and the bar run by a man called Helmuth.
It is not clear when the club closed though the pub
itself was given an extensive makeover and shortly
after it reopened there was an altercation,
when the owner stepped in to settle the problem,
he had a heart attack.
Still open in 1988 - 1989 a fire devastated the building.
 
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Hindhead, Surrey - click image below to return
Same view as above nearly 100 years on. The building is obscured by foliage to the right.
A3 Portsmouth Road, Bramshott Chase, Hindhead, Surrey, ref- 420b, Google Street View July 2015 - click image below to return
Hindhead, Surrey - click image to return
A3 Portsmouth Road, Bramshott Chase, Hindhead, Surrey, ref- 420c, Google Street View September 2011 - click image below to return
Hindhead, Surrey - click image to return
A3 Portsmouth Road, Bramshott Chase, Hindhead, Surrey, ref- 420d, Google Street View August 2022 - click image to return
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