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Queen's Hotel or The Queen's Hotel may refer to: Australia * Queen's Hotel, Townsville Canada * Queen's Hotel, Toronto Sri Lanka * Queen's Hotel, Kandy United Kingdom *Queen's Hotel, Aberystwyth, now known as Swyddfa'r Sir *The Queens, Crouch End, London, formerly ''The Queen's Hotel'' * Queen's Hotel, Primrose Hill, London *Queen's Hotel, Gibraltar * Queen's Hotel, Kirn * Queens Hotel, Leeds *Queens Hotel, Southsea Queens Hotel is a luxury hotel in Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire. The current Queen's Hotel is placed on the site of Southsea house, built in 1861 by architect Augustus Livesay, which was built for Sir John and Lady Morris. In 1865, due to b ... * The Queen's Hotel, Queen's Promenade, Douglas, Isle of Man, one of Isle of Man's Registered Buildings {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's Hotel, Townsville
Queen's Hotel is a heritage-listed former hotel at 12 The Strand, Townsville CBD, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1902 to 1920s. It is also known as the Telecasters North Queensland Ltd Building. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History The former Queen's Hotel, a large, two-storeyed masonry building, was erected in several stages between 1902 and the mid-1920s. It was considered the finest hotel in North Queensland. Townsville's first Queen's Hotel, a two-storeyed timber structure, was erected at the corner of Wickham Street and The Strand in 1872, and was extended along Wickham Street in the 1880s. It early acquired a reputation as one of the best kept hotels in Queensland, patronised by visiting dignitaries. In 1899 the property and license were purchased by John Henry Tyack. He raised a mortgage on the property, and called for competitive designs to replace the timber building with a substantial brick s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's Hotel, Toronto
The Queen's Hotel was a large hotel, in Toronto, Ontario, located on the north side of Front Street, between Bay and York streets - the current site of the Royal York Hotel. In 1927 Canadian Pacific Railways acquired the Queen's Hotel, across the street from the newly opened Union Station, so it could demolish it, and build a larger hotel. History In 1844 four rowhouses, designed by John Howard, were combined to form a hotel, which opened as "Sword's Hotel", in 1856. In 1860 the hotel was renamed the "Revere House". The hotel was purchased, and renovated, by Thomas Dick, and renamed the "Queen's Hotel" in 1862. The Hotel was considered luxurious, and hosted prominent guests, including the Prince of Wales. During the American Civil War the hotel was very popular with Americans from the Confederate States The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States or the Confederacy was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's Hotel, Kandy
The Queen's Hotel is an 80-room British Colonial style three star hotel, located at central hill capital Kandy in Sri Lanka. Located in the center of the city at end of the main street, this former Governor's residence is one of the oldest hotels in Sri Lanka with a history of over 160 years. It is currently managed by the Ceylon Hotels Corporation PLC. The hotel was originally constructed as a residence, the 'Dullawe Walauwa', designed by Devendra Mulachariya on instructions from King Sri Vickrama Rajasinha. Soon after the British defeated the Kandyan Kingdom in 1815, it was adapted as a mansion for the Governor of Ceylon, with adjoining buildings constructed to house British troops. The building was subsequently converted into the barracks for the Ceylon Rifle Regiment. In 1840 it was used as a hostel, known as Malabar House, due to its location on Malabar Street (now known as D S Senanayake Veediya). It was then operated as a boarding house, known as the Stainton Hotel, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swyddfa'r Sir
Swyddfa'r Sir ( en, County office) is a Grade II listed former hotel, former main offices of Ceredigion County Council and former Magistrates Court building located in Aberystwyth, well known as the outside of the police station in the BBC Wales police television series '' Y Gwyll (Hinterland)''. History Originally constructed as a detached hotel on the town's seafront, it was opened in 1866 by the Hafod Hotel Company as the "Queen's Hotel". Designed by C. Forster Hayward of Hayward & Davis in the then popular symmetrical Hôtel de Ville style, it was a smaller-scale version of his earlier 1863 Duke of Cornwall Hotel in Plymouth. The five storey premises – basement, ground floor plus three upper floors – created a total floor area of , providing 83 bedrooms. Built by George Lumley of Aberystwyth, the dressed stone exterior was capped by a Mansard roof of locally sourced Welsh slate. Internally, the main entrance in a gothic architecture style led to a staircase, lit from ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Queens, Crouch End
The Queens is a grade II* listed public house and former hotel on the corner of Elder Avenue and Tottenham Lane in Crouch End, north London. History It was originally built as The Queen's Hotel by the architect and developer John Cathles Hill in 1898–1902, or 1899–1901, with art nouveau stained glass by Cakebread Robey. It was described in Pevsner as "one of suburban London's outstanding grand pubs". It was accompanied by the Queen's Opera House which was opened in 1897 but damaged by bombing during the Second World War and subsequently demolished. It stood behind Topsfield Parade opposite the hotel. The Queen’s features in the British gangster film ''Love, Honour and Obey'' (2000) where the main characters perform karaoke. Gallery File:The Queens pub, Tottenham Lane, Crouch End, London (16).jpg, Main entrance File:The Queens pub, Tottenham Lane, Crouch End, London (15).jpg, Queen's Hotel glass etching File:The Queens pub, Tottenham Lane, Crouch End, London (29). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's Hotel, Primrose Hill
The Queen's is a pub and former hotel in Regent's Park Road, Primrose Hill, London. It was built as a pub and hotel in 1855, and was still operating as a hotel at least as late as 1970. The pub sign had Queen Victoria on one side and a young Queen Alexandra on the other. In 1996, it became a theme pub, with an African zoo motif, and some of its notable regular customers, Kingsley Amis, Robert Stephens and Peter Quennell, were said to be "horrified". It is part of the Young's pub chain. References External links Pubs in the London Borough of Camden {{pub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's Hotel, Gibraltar
The Queen's Hotel was a family run hotel in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, located on 1 Boyd Street, between Trafalgar Cemetery and the Gibraltar Botanic Gardens. The hotel was established in 1954. It described itself as "Gibraltar's only budget hotel". It was located near the Alameda Botanical Gardens and Gibraltar’s cable car both less than 100 metres away. The hotel had 62 rooms some with balcony and featured a restaurant with panoramic views across the bay. It offered a spacious bar and lounge area featuring wooden beamed ceilings and traditional brick archways. It closed in June 2014 after being bought out by the Gibraltar Government to make way for the new Theatre Complex, which will include the Queen's Cinema. |
Queen's Hotel, Kirn
The Queen's Hotel was a hotel located on Marine Parade in Kirn, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Now a private residence, it is a Category C listed building, dating to around 1859. Its first proprietor was Mrs Urquhart.Colegate's Guide to Dunoon, Kirn, and Hunter's Quay'' (Second edition)- John Colegate (1868), page 26 A building known as the Kirn Inn was on the site by 1837. The inn was renamed after the accession of Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 21 ... in that year, and it appears in the Valuation Roll for 1859 under its later name.KIRN, THE QUEEN'S HOTEL - [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queens Hotel, Leeds
The Queens Hotel is a large hotel located on City Square in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Built in 1937, it is an elegant Art Deco Grade II listed building and was frequented by the likes of Princess Grace of Monaco, Cary Grant and Nelson Mandela throughout its history. History The first railway hotel on this site was opened in 1863 for the Midland Railway. The Midland Railway was taken over by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and in 1935 it was decided to demolish the old building and build a grand new one. This was officially opened on 12 November 1937, by the Princess Royal and Lord Harewood. The architect was W. H. Hamlyn and it was faced in white Portland stone with brick sides and rear. The interior design and Art Deco fittings are by William Curtis Green. The building used two million bricks and 40,000 cubic feet of Portland Stone. Prices started at 10s 6d for a single room with bath. Later owners were British Transport Hotels between 1948 and the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queens Hotel, Southsea
Queens Hotel is a luxury hotel in Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire. The current Queen's Hotel is placed on the site of Southsea house, built in 1861 by architect Augustus Livesay, which was built for Sir John and Lady Morris. In 1865, due to boom in construction and tourism, Southsea house was converted into the Queen's Hotel by William Kemp Junior. It was one of Portmouth's first hotels, and it focused on the leisure and relaxation for the upper class. At 4:20pm on 8 December 1901, a fire gutted the entire hotel, leaving only the two outer walls that face Osborne Road and Clarence Parade. On 11 December 1901, it was deemed safe to enter the site and two missing chambermaids were discovered, dead, due to being trapped by falling rubble in the basement. In early 1902, plans were submit by the hotel owner at the time, G. H. King, to rebuild the hotel to cover the original footprint. The new hotel was to be much grander and more purpose-built, to include 63 rooms for visitors, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Queen's Hotel, Queen's Promenade
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