1861 – London Bridge Railway Terminus Hotel, London
Railway hotel constructed for the London Brighton and South Coast Railway alongside their London Bridge Terminus.
Railway hotel constructed for the London Brighton and South Coast Railway alongside their London Bridge Terminus.
Constructed for the seaside resort of Bray with 130 bedrooms, making it a large hotel for its time.
Rambling hotel building built across a hilside with scenic views of Glengarriff. The round annex building was designed by the hotel owner,
Built by the Victorian railway pioneers in 1862, The Grosvenor Hotel Victoria ushered in a Golden Age of travel.
From The Building News, January 17, 1862: This building illustrated in our present Number is approached by a covered arcade from the station.
“The building of which we give illustrations (to be called ” The Duke of Cornwall Hotel”) is about to be erected at Plymouth,
Published in The Builder, December 26 1863
Designed by the County Surveyor for the East Riding of Co. Galway – Kempster got the post aged twenty-one and held it for fifty-three years.
“The building stands at the Regent Street end of Portland Place. In addition to the accommodation shown on the ground floor,
Building commenced in 1864 at a cost of £750,000. It was renamed the “Imperial Hotel” in 1867 when the lease changed hands.