"The former mill that is 42 The Calls was originally a flour mill.

"It was built in the late eighteenth century, although parts date from the 1830s and was completely derelict before the conversion during the late 1980s.

"Before the refurbishment it was hard to imagine such an award-winning prestigious building in an area famed as a derelict, red-light district.

The hotel is housed in a former mill

"It is a fantastic but sympathetic modern conversion and a very pleasant hotel.

"The area around The Calls has survived in very good form and it is worth a walk around the paved streets.




"The area has been preserved because the businesses fell into disuse as the focus of the city moved away from the water."