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Conferencing Rooms    Jane Austen Assembly Rooms Jane Austen was a regular visitor to Southampton and famously attended a ball in the Assembly rooms here at the Dolphin on her 18th birthday. The main room divides into three creating; Jane Austin Assembly Room One A large room, decorated in the Georgian style, featuring a quite stunning stone carved fireplace and one of two enormous bay windows, which are reputed to be the largest in the world, providing ample natural daylight. Workable dimensions (excluding the bay): 6.3m wide x 7.6m long x 4.5m high Capacities: Theatre style Classroom Boardroom Cabaret 60 30 24 30 Jane Austen Assembly Room Two The smallest of our meeting rooms is still a good size, with three sash windows, opening onto the royal balcony, which hangs over the high street. Workable dimensions (excluding the bay): 6.3m wide x 4.9m long x 4.5m high Capacities: Theatre style Classroom Boardroom Cabaret 40 20 14 N/A Jane Austen Assembly Room Three A large room, decorated in the Georgian style, featuring a quite stunning stone carved fireplace on which one of our resident ghosts (Beau) is reputed to lean, whilst looking out of the bay window, which are reputed to be the largest in the world, providing ample natural daylight. Workable dimensions (excluding the bay): 6.3m wide x 7.7m long x 4.5mm high Capacities: Theatre style Classroom Boardroom Cabaret 60 30 24 30 Jane Austen Assembly Rooms Full Room When the whole room is opened up, the symmetry of the architecture can be seen in its full glory, much as it would have been when Jane danced here. The two stone carved fireplaces, facing one another across the length of the room and the two bay windows together with the high ceilings reflect a style of architecture which has sadly passed. Workable dimensions (excluding the bay) 6.3m wide x 20.2m long x 4.5m high Capacities: Theatre style Classroom Boardroom Cabaret 200 100 40 80 Jane Austen Music Room The music room is also situated on the first floor, adjacent to Jane Austen Assembly Room One, was built slightly later than the main room in around 1780 and features a marble fireplace and five sash windows, overlooking the high street. In keeping with it’s name it is home to a J.L.Duysen (one of only three in the world) grand piano and has polished ancient oak floor boards and a central rug. Workable dimensions (excluding the bay): 6.9m wide x 13.2m long x 4.0m high Capacities: Theatre style Classroom Boardroom Cabaret 90 40 30 40 Tariff 24 Hour Delegate Rate (including accommodation) - £142 per day 12 Hour Delegate Rate (including lunch) - £42 per day Meeting A la carte Tel: 023 8033 9955 Fax: 023 8033 3650 email: enquiries@thedolphin.co.uk