Britain’s oldest hotel collapses after being ravaged by massive fire

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Source: Metro

The oldest hotel in Britain is on the brink of collapse after being gutted by a fire that has raged fore more than a day.

The front of the Royal Clarence, which dates back to 1769, has begun to fall in the fire in Exeter city centre that started in the early hours of Friday morning.

The historic hotel is believed to be the oldest still in business and has served the likes of Peter Rabbit author Beatrix Potter.

Firefighters have been trying to bring the blaze under control during the night but much of the top section of the front of the building is reported to have fallen in.

Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2016/10/29/britains-oldest-hotel-collapses-after-being-ravaged-by-massive-fire-6221626/

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[nitpicker]

1. Link to BBC

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-37809584

[truthisfreedom]

2. Sad to lose something so historic!

My condolences to architecture lovers everywhere.

[secondwind]

3. It was my father-in-law's hotel of choice when he was in England... I've been there, too.. very sad.

[smirkymonkey]

4. Sad. It's always so tragic when historic buildings are lost.

I just hope some modern monstrosity doesn't go up in it's place.

[progressoid]

5. Damn.

[niyad]

6. how sad. now the whole district seems to be under threat.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. I hate when irreplaceable things are destroyed.

[TexasBushwhacker]

8. Yeah, like our planet n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. so sad