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Has anyone an interest in buying a flat in Whitby?
In June 1896, Bram Stoker was sitting in his bedroom in the Fearnley Hotel, high on the Whitby promenade. A bat flew through the window, and the story of Dracula was born. Now the same room is up for sale, as part of a block of flats.
"A lot of the people we've shown the flat to are very interested in Dracula, but there haven't been any cranks," says Mark Pennick, of the estate agent Bairstow Eves, who have valued the flat at £46,500.
The most recent occupant reported noises from the empty flat above and the smell of burnt candle wax. It is the only one of the six flats in the block still unsold.
This article was taken from "The Times" 11.06.97
