Built by William Mackworth Praed in 1769 as the Assembly Rooms, the ABode Exeter, formally the Royal Clarence Hotel, is credited as being the first hotel in England. In September 1770, Berton placed an advertisement for the business, describing it as "New Coffee-house, Inn, and Tavern, Or, The Hotel, In St. Peter's Church-yard, Exeter." This is possibly the first use of the word hotel in England. This picture was take on 5 October 2016 and on 28 October 2016 the hotel was gutted by a fire from which it may never be rebuilt.

England's oldest hotel burnt down exeter Buildings and Structures