The Mermaid Inn, Mermaid Street, Rye, England by David McKelvey

<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mermaid_Inn" rel="nofollow">The Mermaid Inn</a></b> is a Grade II* listed historical inn located on Mermaid Street in the ancient town of <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rye,_East_Sussex" rel="nofollow">Rye, East Sussex</a></b>, southeastern England. One of the best-known inns in southeast England, it was established in the 12th century and has a long, turbulent history. The current building dates from 1420 and has 16th-century additions in the Tudor style, but cellars built in 1156 survive. The inn has a strong connection with the notorious Hawkhurst Gang of smugglers, who used it in the 1730s and 1740s as one of their strongholds: <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rye,_East_Sussex" rel="nofollow">Rye</a></b> was a thriving port during this period. Some of the smugglers, their mistresses and other characters are reported to haunt the inn. <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mermaid_Inn" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org</a></b>