Hill House Inn, Happisburgh, Norfolk
The Hill House Inn is a traditional English pub dating back to 1550, with period features.
In 1903 the Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle took a sabbatical at The Hill House where the idea for ‘The Adventure of the Dancing Men’ formed. Legend has it the idea arose from the son of the landlord who had created a code in which he communicated with his parents through stick men illustrations.
Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" third in his list of his twelve favourite Holmes stories. This is one of only two Sherlock Holmes short stories where Holmes' client dies after seeking his help.
The story was first published in the UK in The Strand Magazine in December 1903, and in the US in Collier's on 5th. December 1903.
The stories title was used as the name for the pub's in-house brewery. The Dancing Men Brewery has been up and running since 2014.
The pub gained Grade: II listed building status on 11th. May 1987.
Hill House Inn, Happisburgh, Norfolk
The Hill House Inn is a traditional English pub dating back to 1550, with period features.
In 1903 the Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle took a sabbatical at The Hill House where the idea for ‘The Adventure of the Dancing Men’ formed. Legend has it the idea arose from the son of the landlord who had created a code in which he communicated with his parents through stick men illustrations.
Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" third in his list of his twelve favourite Holmes stories. This is one of only two Sherlock Holmes short stories where Holmes' client dies after seeking his help.
The story was first published in the UK in The Strand Magazine in December 1903, and in the US in Collier's on 5th. December 1903.
The stories title was used as the name for the pub's in-house brewery. The Dancing Men Brewery has been up and running since 2014.
The pub gained Grade: II listed building status on 11th. May 1987.