Royal Bath Hotel
The Royal Bath Hotel is a building in Bournemouth, Dorset.[1][2] It is owned by Britannia Hotels and is regarded to be the town's most famous hotel.[3] Since 1974, the hotel has been a Grade II listed building.[4]
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The hotel at night.
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The frontage of the building.
History
George Tapps-Gervis built the hotel in 1838.[5]
The hotel opened on Queen Victoria's coronation day in June 1838, becoming the first hotel in Bournemouth.[6]
The 1878 extension was designed by Christopher Crabb Creeke.
The hotel was formerly owned by Mayor of Bournemouth Merton Russell-Cotes.[7]
During World War II an elderly grandmother was accidentally scalded to death in a bathtub.[8]
In 2014 there was a robbery at the hotel.[9]
References
- "The Royal Bath Hotel Bournemouth | Britannia Hotels". www.britanniahotels.com. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- "ROYAL BATH HOTEL & SPA BOURNEMOUTH $38 ($̶6̶4̶) – Updated 2020 Prices & Reviews – England". Tripadvisor. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- "What happened when a YouTube reviewer visited popular Bournemouth hotel". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- "ROYAL BATH HOTEL, Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole – 1108883 | Historic England". Historic England. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- "A History of Bournemouth". Local Histories. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- "PICTURES: Inside Bournemouth's most expensive hotel rooms". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- "Merton Russell-Cotes", Wikipedia, 26 September 2019, retrieved 18 November 2020
- "Grandmother scalded to death after hotel turned up water temperature to beat Legionnaires". The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- "Couple's fury as £6,000 of possessions stolen from Royal Bath hotel room". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- "Cosplay, meet-and-greets and vintage arcade games at Bournemouth's newest comic con". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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