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Neither is it the longest-running hotel in England, as a guest house of Malmesbury Abbey, not a "purpose-built hotel"; nor is any visible structure remotely dated "1220". This and the "ghosts" are sales brochure stuff. For a start let's have the quote from Nikolaus Pevsner, Buildings of England: Wiltshire: anyone? It stands in Abbey Row. Its proprietor in 1855 was G. Moore (Post Office Directory of Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorsetshire 1855, p. 181 ("Hotels, Inns, Taverns...")-- Wetman ( talk) 21:22, 16 December 2010 (UTC) reply