For #StDavidsDay, #DailyHotel is #Llandudno's Grand Hotel, opened 1902. Was largest hotel in Wales with 158 bedrooms. A luxurious establishment- all mod cons & decor to die for. And stunning sea & mountain views. Fab piece in @iln_official just after opening👇#Seaside #history
November 19, 2024 at 9:40 AM
For #StDavidsDay, #DailyHotel is #Llandudno's Grand Hotel, opened 1902. Was largest hotel in Wales with 158 bedrooms. A luxurious establishment- all mod cons & decor to die for. And stunning sea & mountain views. Fab piece in @iln_official just after opening👇#Seaside #history
Kings Hotel, #Brighton: not just sea views, hot and cold water, electric radiators, an imaginative chef, and every modern improvement, oh no. There was also a poultry farm!
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#PoultryDay
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November 19, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Kings Hotel, #Brighton: not just sea views, hot and cold water, electric radiators, an imaginative chef, and every modern improvement, oh no. There was also a poultry farm!
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#PoultryDay
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#PoultryDay
#DailyHotel: Art Deco #Aberdeen style. The 1938 Northern Hotel designed by AGR. Mackenzie replaced earlier hotel destroyed by fire. Reinforced concrete & granite facing; original features incl Crittall windows, curved ballroom. And who doesn't love a curved facade? #HistoricHotel
November 19, 2024 at 12:11 PM
#DailyHotel: Art Deco #Aberdeen style. The 1938 Northern Hotel designed by AGR. Mackenzie replaced earlier hotel destroyed by fire. Reinforced concrete & granite facing; original features incl Crittall windows, curved ballroom. And who doesn't love a curved facade? #HistoricHotel
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#AdventCalendar Hybrid!
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H for Headland Hotel #Newquay #Cornwall (1900) by by Cornish architect Silvanus Trevail. Opulent & luxurious, state of the art facilities, fab sea views. Many royals stayed incl Edward VII & Q Alex.
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H for Headland Hotel #Newquay #Cornwall (1900) by by Cornish architect Silvanus Trevail. Opulent & luxurious, state of the art facilities, fab sea views. Many royals stayed incl Edward VII & Q Alex.
#HistoricHotel
November 19, 2024 at 11:09 AM
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#AdventCalendar Hybrid!
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H for Headland Hotel #Newquay #Cornwall (1900) by by Cornish architect Silvanus Trevail. Opulent & luxurious, state of the art facilities, fab sea views. Many royals stayed incl Edward VII & Q Alex.
#HistoricHotel
#DailyHotel
#AdventCalendar Hybrid!
#Dec8
H for Headland Hotel #Newquay #Cornwall (1900) by by Cornish architect Silvanus Trevail. Opulent & luxurious, state of the art facilities, fab sea views. Many royals stayed incl Edward VII & Q Alex.
#HistoricHotel
An #IsleofWight gem for today's #DailyHotel: Royal Hotel, Ventnor (1832). Originally a coaching inn (Fishers Hotel), name changed`followed royal patronage- in this case Queen Victoria. Such name changing was not uncommon- very good for business! #HistoricHotel #Victorian #History
November 19, 2024 at 12:59 PM
An #IsleofWight gem for today's #DailyHotel: Royal Hotel, Ventnor (1832). Originally a coaching inn (Fishers Hotel), name changed`followed royal patronage- in this case Queen Victoria. Such name changing was not uncommon- very good for business! #HistoricHotel #Victorian #History
#DailyHotel: The austere Italianate Yarborough Hotel #Grimsby. 1851 by 2nd Earl Yarborough/ Royal Dock Co. Enlarged 1891 for Manchester, Sheffield & Lincs Railway Co. Lovely ballroom with original plasterwork (anyone have a pic?).
2nd pic: view from Premier Inn! #HistoricHotel
2nd pic: view from Premier Inn! #HistoricHotel
November 19, 2024 at 11:25 AM
#DailyHotel: The austere Italianate Yarborough Hotel #Grimsby. 1851 by 2nd Earl Yarborough/ Royal Dock Co. Enlarged 1891 for Manchester, Sheffield & Lincs Railway Co. Lovely ballroom with original plasterwork (anyone have a pic?).
2nd pic: view from Premier Inn! #HistoricHotel
2nd pic: view from Premier Inn! #HistoricHotel
Today's #DailyHotel (more an inn!). Tumbledown Dick Hotel #Farnborough (Tumbly). 1812 (earlier origins), closed 2008- now McDs. Name could derive from highwaymen Dick Turpin/Richard Ferguson/ chap who fell from stool/Cromwell's son. A fab gig venue! #HistoricHotel #Hotel #history
November 19, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Today's #DailyHotel (more an inn!). Tumbledown Dick Hotel #Farnborough (Tumbly). 1812 (earlier origins), closed 2008- now McDs. Name could derive from highwaymen Dick Turpin/Richard Ferguson/ chap who fell from stool/Cromwell's son. A fab gig venue! #HistoricHotel #Hotel #history
Today's #DailyHotel may appeal to #aviation #history & #ArtDeco loving folk! Tis the Aviator Hotel at Sywell Aerodrome, #Northamptonshire, located in a 1930s aerodrome building. The aerodrome was opened 1928 by the Northants Aero Club & had a key role in RAF training & in #WWII.
November 19, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Today's #DailyHotel may appeal to #aviation #history & #ArtDeco loving folk! Tis the Aviator Hotel at Sywell Aerodrome, #Northamptonshire, located in a 1930s aerodrome building. The aerodrome was opened 1928 by the Northants Aero Club & had a key role in RAF training & in #WWII.
Topical #DailyHotel. Buxton Crescent Hotel opens after 17yrs of renovation! 1780/89 Crescent complex: 2 hotels& 6 lodging houses for Duke of Devonshire was part of scheme to establish #Buxton as a fashionable spa town. Part offices by 1970s, hotel part closed 1989 #HistoricHotel
November 19, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Topical #DailyHotel. Buxton Crescent Hotel opens after 17yrs of renovation! 1780/89 Crescent complex: 2 hotels& 6 lodging houses for Duke of Devonshire was part of scheme to establish #Buxton as a fashionable spa town. Part offices by 1970s, hotel part closed 1989 #HistoricHotel
I love the daily-type tweets from folk such as @Emma_J_Wells, @NicholasKingsle & @artefactual_KW, so am joining in the fun with #DailyHotel! Albany Hotel, Smallbrook Ringway, #Birmingham James Roberts Architects, completed 1962. #HotelHistory #HistoricHotel #1960s #architecture
November 19, 2024 at 2:17 PM
I love the daily-type tweets from folk such as @Emma_J_Wells, @NicholasKingsle & @artefactual_KW, so am joining in the fun with #DailyHotel! Albany Hotel, Smallbrook Ringway, #Birmingham James Roberts Architects, completed 1962. #HotelHistory #HistoricHotel #1960s #architecture
Today's #DailyHotel: White Hart Hotel, Harrogate, Yorkshire of 1846/7. Built on site of earlier inn of same name, Architect George Townsend Andrews, noted for his railway buildings esp for the York and North Midland Railway.
#HistoricHotel #Hotel #History
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November 19, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Today's #DailyHotel: White Hart Hotel, Harrogate, Yorkshire of 1846/7. Built on site of earlier inn of same name, Architect George Townsend Andrews, noted for his railway buildings esp for the York and North Midland Railway.
#HistoricHotel #Hotel #History
#HistoricHotel #Hotel #History
Today's #DailyHotel: Royal Hotel, #Weymouth, Dorset. Opened 1899 on the site of an earlier 1770s hotel of the same name. Constructed in red brick with Portland stone dressings, it is typical of many buildings of the period. Fab fireplace! #Dorset #HistoricHotel #Hotel #History
November 19, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Today's #DailyHotel: Royal Hotel, #Weymouth, Dorset. Opened 1899 on the site of an earlier 1770s hotel of the same name. Constructed in red brick with Portland stone dressings, it is typical of many buildings of the period. Fab fireplace! #Dorset #HistoricHotel #Hotel #History
Today's #DailyHotel is the mighty Zetland Hotel, Saltburn-on-Sea of 1861-3 by architect William Peachey for Stockton & Darlington Railway Co. Might make an appearance in my paper for #NTiHoR later today 😉😎 (2.30pm if you're interested!) #HistoricHotel #Hotel #History
November 19, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Today's #DailyHotel is the mighty Zetland Hotel, Saltburn-on-Sea of 1861-3 by architect William Peachey for Stockton & Darlington Railway Co. Might make an appearance in my paper for #NTiHoR later today 😉😎 (2.30pm if you're interested!) #HistoricHotel #Hotel #History
Today's #DailyHotel is the Royal Hotel, Llanberis, Snowdonia. Built c1830 to accommodate influx of visitors to the area. Princess Victoria (later Queen) visited 1832-.hence the name! Enlarged 1868 with a 'commodious wing' & again in C20. #Wales #HistoricHotel #HotelHistory
November 19, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Today's #DailyHotel is the Royal Hotel, Llanberis, Snowdonia. Built c1830 to accommodate influx of visitors to the area. Princess Victoria (later Queen) visited 1832-.hence the name! Enlarged 1868 with a 'commodious wing' & again in C20. #Wales #HistoricHotel #HotelHistory
Today's #DailyHotel is the GII listed Collonade Hotel, London W9. Built as 2 houses in 1865, became boarding school 1880 & Warrington Lodge Medical& Surgery Home for Ladies 1886. Alan Turing was born here in 1912. Converted to Esplanade Hotel in 1935 & renamed Collonade in 1944
November 19, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Today's #DailyHotel is the GII listed Collonade Hotel, London W9. Built as 2 houses in 1865, became boarding school 1880 & Warrington Lodge Medical& Surgery Home for Ladies 1886. Alan Turing was born here in 1912. Converted to Esplanade Hotel in 1935 & renamed Collonade in 1944
Today's #DailyHotel is the grand scale Highland Hotel, Fort William- a former railway hotel. Built 1890s, to designs by prolific architect Duncan Cameron. Many original features remain- well worth a visit! #HistoricHotel #Hotel #Scotland #History
November 19, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Today's #DailyHotel is the grand scale Highland Hotel, Fort William- a former railway hotel. Built 1890s, to designs by prolific architect Duncan Cameron. Many original features remain- well worth a visit! #HistoricHotel #Hotel #Scotland #History
For #DerbyshireDay, today's #DailyHotel is Matlock Bath's New Bath Hotel of 1745 (extended 1780-90, 1860, 1885 & 1895& altered C20!). The second hotel built at #MatlockBath after thermal springs were discovered. Has original plunge bath in basement. #HistoricHotel #Hotel #History
November 19, 2024 at 2:16 PM
For #DerbyshireDay, today's #DailyHotel is Matlock Bath's New Bath Hotel of 1745 (extended 1780-90, 1860, 1885 & 1895& altered C20!). The second hotel built at #MatlockBath after thermal springs were discovered. Has original plunge bath in basement. #HistoricHotel #Hotel #History
Today's #DailyHotel is the striking #Brutalist Bristol Hotel #Bristol of 1966. Originally the Unicorn Hotel, it adjoins the precast concrete NCP carpark next door, designed as a whole by Kenneth Wakeford Jarram & Harris. Lots to love here. #1960s #HistoricHotel #Hotel #History
November 19, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Today's #DailyHotel is the striking #Brutalist Bristol Hotel #Bristol of 1966. Originally the Unicorn Hotel, it adjoins the precast concrete NCP carpark next door, designed as a whole by Kenneth Wakeford Jarram & Harris. Lots to love here. #1960s #HistoricHotel #Hotel #History
Fancy staying in a former prison? Today's #DailyHotel is the Malmaison Hotel #Oxford, part of the former castle/ prison complex, sold to Malmaison chain in 1996. Some cells have been converted to guest rooms! #HistoricHotel #Hotel #History
November 19, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Fancy staying in a former prison? Today's #DailyHotel is the Malmaison Hotel #Oxford, part of the former castle/ prison complex, sold to Malmaison chain in 1996. Some cells have been converted to guest rooms! #HistoricHotel #Hotel #History
Today's #DailyHotel is the Evesham Hotel, #Evesham. Formerly the Mansion House Hotel, this Grade II listed building mainly dates from C17-C18 but incorporates an earlier timber framed element. Featured in a #DoctorWho episode from 1969! #HistoricHotel #Hotel #History
November 19, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Today's #DailyHotel is the Evesham Hotel, #Evesham. Formerly the Mansion House Hotel, this Grade II listed building mainly dates from C17-C18 but incorporates an earlier timber framed element. Featured in a #DoctorWho episode from 1969! #HistoricHotel #Hotel #History
Today's #DailyHotel is the rather imposing former County Hall, #Newcastle of 1910 by JA Bain, extended 1933. When a new county hall opened in Morpeth in the 1980s, the former CH was sold and opened as the Vermont Hotel in 1993. #HistoricHotel #Edwardian #Hotel #History
November 19, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Today's #DailyHotel is the rather imposing former County Hall, #Newcastle of 1910 by JA Bain, extended 1933. When a new county hall opened in Morpeth in the 1980s, the former CH was sold and opened as the Vermont Hotel in 1993. #HistoricHotel #Edwardian #Hotel #History
Today's #DailyHotel is the Very Historic timber-framed Mermaid Inn Hotel, #Rye- dates from the late C15 with a C13 stone vaulted cellar. Fabulous features include a courtyard passage, Tudor fireplaces and panelling. Said to be haunted. #HistoricHotel #Hotel #History
November 19, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Today's #DailyHotel is the Very Historic timber-framed Mermaid Inn Hotel, #Rye- dates from the late C15 with a C13 stone vaulted cellar. Fabulous features include a courtyard passage, Tudor fireplaces and panelling. Said to be haunted. #HistoricHotel #Hotel #History
Today's #DailyHotel is Mount Hotel, Tettenhall. Originally a family home for Charles Benjamin Mander of c.1870, enlarged/extended 1891 by to designs by #Liverpool architect Edward Ould. Sold 1952, refurbed & opened as a hotel 1954. #Wolverhampton #HistoricHotel #Hotel #history
November 19, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Today's #DailyHotel is Mount Hotel, Tettenhall. Originally a family home for Charles Benjamin Mander of c.1870, enlarged/extended 1891 by to designs by #Liverpool architect Edward Ould. Sold 1952, refurbed & opened as a hotel 1954. #Wolverhampton #HistoricHotel #Hotel #history
An unusual #DailyHotel: Hellifield Peel, #Yorkshire. Scheduled monument & GII C15 tower house (C14 origins) was sympathetically converted to B&B hotel use in 2007 after being on Buildings at Risk Register. Closed 2016. As seen on TV! @granddesigns. #HistoricHotel #Hotel #History
November 19, 2024 at 1:00 PM
An unusual #DailyHotel: Hellifield Peel, #Yorkshire. Scheduled monument & GII C15 tower house (C14 origins) was sympathetically converted to B&B hotel use in 2007 after being on Buildings at Risk Register. Closed 2016. As seen on TV! @granddesigns. #HistoricHotel #Hotel #History
#DailyHotel: Queen's Hotel #Dundee 1878. Notable Gothic facade, triple attic French roofs. Speculative railway hotel by architects Young & Meldrum who thought new rail terminus was to be adjacent. But was built bit further east. Cue financial ruin. #HistoricHotel #Hotel #history
November 19, 2024 at 12:59 PM
#DailyHotel: Queen's Hotel #Dundee 1878. Notable Gothic facade, triple attic French roofs. Speculative railway hotel by architects Young & Meldrum who thought new rail terminus was to be adjacent. But was built bit further east. Cue financial ruin. #HistoricHotel #Hotel #history