Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, and Black Swan Hotel, Winchester silver plaque
Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
The black swan above you is a replica of one which once adorned the Black Swan Hotel that stood on this site from the 19th century until 1935 when the hotel was demolished and replaced by the Black Swan Buildings. The Black Swan Hotel was "visited" by Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in Sir Arthur Cona
n Doyle's "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches".
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