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The Spread Eagle HotelHigh Street, Jedburgh, TD8 6AG Tel: 01835 862 870 |
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History of the Hotel |
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| Local historians believe that a building on the site of the Spread Eagle Hotel was constructed some time around 1450 as dormitories for the monks of the abbey in Jedburgh. It isn't clear whether any of this original structure remains, but the thickness of the walls certainly suggests great age.
The Spread Eagle Hotel was first granted a license to serve alcohol in 1604, when licenses were issued by the government in an attempt to control the price of beer, and it has been licensed continuously ever since. Famous guests have included Lord Darnley (who married Mary Queen of Scots), Sir Walter Scott, definitely Acker Bilk & quite possibly the Rolling Stones. |
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The area which now includes the dining room, function room and four of the guest bedrooms was originally a single large ballroom built by the Jedburgh Society in around 1800. The grand staircase leading up to these rooms is now in use as a fire escape!
As part of the reconstruction work on this part of the hotel, we restored the vennel (a covered path under the building) to show something of how the rear of the hotel would have looked when coachmen brought guests to the foot of that staircase for parties. There is some evidence from old maps that this vennel originally ran beneath the front of the hotel from the High Street and it certainly still lines up with the front door of the building. |
| If you or your family have any link to the Hotel, we would love to hear from you. We are gradually building up a picture of the last 100 years, but there are still some big gaps in the story. |
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| The Spread Eagle Hotel 2010 |
