Your Vampire Concierge
Ask the Countess anything. Tickets, opening times, Whitby legend, dark secrets. She has been here long enough to know everything.
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The Legend of the Countess
Countess Penelope arrived in Whitby in the autumn of 1890, on a ship whose crew were never seen again. She took up residence across the harbour from the Abbey — a sensible arrangement, given that she preferred to sleep during daylight hours and the Abbey had rather too many windows.
Over the centuries she has learned the name of every fisherman, every lifeboat man, every baker who opens at 4am. She knows which chip shop has the best chips. She knows exactly when the tide is due. She is, in many ways, the most Whitby person in Whitby.
She also runs the gift shop. She is very good at it.
Approximately 293. She stopped counting in the 1800s — a lady never reveals her age.
Collecting Whitby jet, intimidating tourists with a single raised eyebrow, hosting moonlit soirées on the cliff.
"A lady never discusses her diet. But if you must know — I have very refined tastes. Very."