The Brisbane Arms Hotel

THE BRISBANE ARMS HOTEL, Largs. Proprietress: Mrs. Orr.

    One of the most comfortable hotels in this popular Clyde resort is the “Brisbane Arms”, so widely and favourably known to tourists and visitors in this beautiful district. The history of the hotel dates back a century ago, when it would perhaps have been deemed flattering to dignify the establishment with so grand a title, considering that at the present time the original building is converted to the purposes of stabling. Some years later the business was acquired by Mr. Paton, now of the Maitland Hotel, Edinburgh, and the premises were entirely rebuilt to that gentleman’s order, the present handsome building being the result. On Mr. Maitland leaving for Edinburgh the hotel was transferred to a Mr. Lambert, who died in 1889, his widow continuing the business until the commencement of this year, when it passed into the hands of the present proprietress, Mrs. Orr.

    The hotel occupies a commanding position in the principal thoroughfare of the town, the premises being of modern design, containing handsomely appointed dining, coffee, drawing, and private sitting-rooms, with spacious and well-furnished commercial smoking and billiard-rooms. The bedrooms, twenty in number, are airy and comfortable apartments replete with every modern convenience, and command splendid views of the surrounding district. The cooking and attendance at this hotel merit the highest praise, the most careful attention being devoted to this department by the lady principal, who spares no exertion in promoting the comfort of her guests, the perfection of order pervading the establishment and absolute cleanliness being made a sine qua non. The cellars are well stocked with the choicest wines and well-matured spirits and the malt liquors are of the highest quality produced by the leading brewers in the Kingdom.

    A first-class family and commercial connection has long been associated with the “Brisbane Arms”, which is also justly popular with the numerous season visitors — a popularity which we venture to suggest will be by no means diminished under the regime of its present proprietress, whose courteous attention to the requirements of her guests has already secured for this lady the respect and esteem of “all sorts and conditions” of visitors to this well-conducted establishment.

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