Royal George Hotel, Perth

The Royal George Hotel (also known as The Royal George) is a hotel and restaurant in Perth, Scotland. It is a Category B listed building dating to 1773.[1][2][3][4] Its main entrance is on George Street,[5] though its Tay Street frontage, overlooking the River Tay, is more well known. It is named for George III.[1]

Royal George Hotel
The Royal George is just left of centre in this view from Perth Bridge
Former namesThe George Inn
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeHotel
Architectural styleVictorian renaissance
Address54 George Street
Perth
CountryScotland
Coordinates56°23′53″N 3°25′38″W
Named forGeorge III
Completed1773 (1773)
OwnerAnderson Hotels
Technical details
Floor count3 (plus attic)
Other information
Number of rooms45
Public transit accessNational Rail Perth
Website
theroyalgeorgehotel.co.uk
Listed Building – Category B
Official nameGEORGE STREET 47-51 (E SIDE) ROYAL GEORGE HOTEL (ODD NUMBERS)
Designated26 August 1977
Reference no.LB39439

Notable visitors to the hotel include Empress Eugenie and Queen Victoria, her husband, Albert, Prince Consort, and their children, who stayed there on 29 September, 1848,[6][1] during their journey south after holidaying at Balmoral Castle.[7][8] (William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield, was out of town and, thus, they were unable to stay at Scone Palace, just under two miles to the north.)[8] It was Victoria's first time staying in a hotel.[6][8] After breakfast at the hotel the following morning, the family left for Carlisle on the recently built Scottish Central Railway.[7] Then named The George Inn,[9][10] the business was renamed The Royal George Hotel in her honour.[7] (The street adjacent to the property on its southern side is named George Inn Lane.) Both the Royal Warrant and two lamps from the room the monarch slept in are still in the hotel today.

Queen Victoria returned to Perth in 1864 to unveil a statue of her husband, who died three years earlier, at the North Inch.[11]

Local architect Donald Alexander Stewart, in partnership with Robert Matthew Mitchell, did some reconstruction work on the hotel in 1927.[12]

Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, dined at the hotel in 2003.[8]

The hotel has 45 rooms.[13]

  • George Inn Lane, beside the hotel
    George Inn Lane, beside the hotel

See also

References
  1. Perth: The Postcard Collection, Jack Gillon (2020) ISBN 9781398102262
  2. Guide to the City and County of Perth, p. 19
  3. The Scots Magazine, Volume 70, DC Thomson (1808), p. 318
  4. GEORGE STREET 47-51 (E SIDE) ROYAL GEORGE HOTEL (ODD NUMBERS) – Historic Environment Scotland
  5. Association and Enlightenment Scottish Clubs and Societies, 1700–1830, Bucknell University Press, ISBN 9781684482689
  6. The Tourist's Hand-book to Perth and Neighbourhood (1849), p. 39
  7. The History of Perth: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Thomas Hay Marshall and Henry Adamson (1849), p. 483
  8. Royal George Royalty – The Royal George Hotel
  9. The Tradesman, Volume 6 (1811), p. 343
  10. Traditions of Perth, George Penny (1836), p. 142
  11. Albert, Prince Consort, Statue To, North Inch – Historic Environment Scotland
  12. Donald Alexander Stewart - Dictionary of Scottish Architects
  13. Accommodation – The Royal George Hotel
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