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The George Hotel
George Hotel or The George Hotel may refer to: Australia *George Hotel, Sydney Isle of Man * The George Hotel, The Parade, Castletown, Isle of Man; an Isle of Man registered building Ukraine *Hotel George (Lviv) United Kingdom * George Hotel, Chepstow, Wales *The George Hotel, Crawley, England * The George Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland; also known as ''The Principal Edinburgh George Street'' *George Hotel, Huddersfield, England; notable for being the birthplace of rugby league football * George Hotel, Kilmarnock, Scotland * The George Hotel, Reading, England *George Hotel, Stamford, England; historic coaching inn * George Hotel, Swaffham, England United States * George Hotel (Kanosh, Utah); listed on the National Register of Historic Places See also * Royal George Hotel (other) *George Washington Hotel (other) George Washington Hotel can refer to: * George Washington Hotel (New York City) * The George Washington Hotel (Pennsylvania), in Washington, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hotel, Sydney
George Hotel is a heritage-listed former hotel at 631 George Street, Sydney, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History Two separate land grants for 631–635 George Street, Sydney, George Street were issued in 1831. The first was to John Dickson with the second grant to James Blanch on the same day of 8 March 1831. By 1866, Patrick and Mary O'Dowd had purchased land that consisted of both Dickson's' and Davis' grants. In 1880, Mary died and what is now known as 631 George Street, Haymarket, New South Wales, Haymarket, was left to her husband and her brother, and they in turn leased it out to George Barr, who then setup the Haymarket Music Hall. In 1891, the site was then signed over to 'St Joseph's Investment and Building Society' which with the cooperation of O'Dowd, created plans to add an extra two storeys to the building (original construction date unknown). There is evidence that this extension may actually be the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The George Hotel, The Parade
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Registered Buildings Of The Isle Of Man
This is a list of Registered Buildings and Conservation Areas of the Isle of Man. It includes buildings and structures in the Isle of Man designated by Isle of Man's Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture (DEFA) "as having special architectural or historical interest". Over 250 buildings and structures are listed, and 275 more have been identified as having potential for listing. It also lists the 21 Conservation Areas, historic districts" which protect "period"-type architecture, quality of building materials, relationships of enclosures and open spaces, and other aspects of the look and feel of historic buildings and areas. Ongoing enforcement and registration of buildings is administered by a Planning and Building Control Directorate, within DEFA, and is guided by a planning policy document on conservation of the historic environment. DEFA notes that eight of the registered buildings have thatched roofs. Thatching in the Isle of Man include a group of thatched houses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel George (Lviv)
Hotel George is a hotel located in Lviv, Ukraine that was built in 1899–1900 and opened in 1901. It was designed by the Fellner & Helmer architecture studio. History The history of the hotel dates back to 1793 when an inn was constructed on the site. In 1811 it was replaced by a new building called "Russie Hotel", a three-story hotel with two entrances. On the Chorążczyzna Street (now Tschaikowski Street) there was a large garden. The hotel was taken over in 1816 by the Lviv merchant, George Hofmann (1778–1839), whom the hotel was named after. It was demolished in 1899. The new building was constructed from 1899 to 1901 by Fellner & Helmer, with participation of the Lviv architects Iwan Lewiński and Julian Cybulski. The new hotel was inaugurated on January 8, 1901. At the time, it had 93 rooms, including 32 luxury-class rooms. The hotel was extended by two floors in 1906. From 1910 to 1912, it housed Alfred Altenberg's bookstore on the ground floor. The hotel was complet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hotel, Chepstow
The George Hotel, formerly The George Inn, is a public house and hotel in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located next to the Chepstow Town Gate at the foot of Moor Street, and was once an important coaching inn. Although there has been an inn on the site since 1620, the current building dates from 1899. History The original inn The George was established in about 1620 by Margaret Cleyton, the owner of the adjoining Gate House and many other properties in the area. It was first recorded in 1624, with the landlord named as William Jones. The George and the Gate House are positioned on either side of the town wall, and may have been linked by tunnels. In 1627 Mrs Cleyton bequeathed the inn to her daughter and son-in-law, Elinor and James Flower. During the English Civil War, several military officers staying at the inn were killed in their rooms by intruders in separate incidents. In later centuries the George became a centre of Chepstow's social and community life, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The George Hotel, Crawley
The George Hotel, also known as the George Inn and now marketed as the Ramada Crawley Gatwick, is a hotel and former coaching inn on the High Street in Crawley, a town and borough in West Sussex, England. The George was one of the country's most famous and successful coaching inns, and the most important in Sussex, because of its location halfway between the capital city, London, and the fashionable seaside resort of Brighton. Cited as "Crawley's most celebrated building", it has Grade II* listed status. It is known that a building called the George has existed on the site since the 16th century or earlier, and many sources date the core of the existing inn to 1615. The George Hotel has three principal sections, facing east and running from south to north parallel with Crawley High Street. Nothing of the exterior is original, except perhaps for parts of the tiled roof. The hotel contains 84 rooms and 6 meeting rooms with a capacity of up to 150, regularly used for conferences, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The George Hotel, Edinburgh
InterContinental Edinburgh The George is a historic hotel located at 19–21 George Street in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. History The five townhouses on George Street that make up the hotel's historic core, Nos. 15–25, were constructed around 1780 as part of Edinburgh's New Town, to designs by John Young. They are now a category A listed building. In 1840, No. 19 George Street was remodeled by architect David Bryce, as the headquarters of the Caledonian Insurance Company. It is today the hotel's main entrance. In 1860, a hotel opened in Nos. 21 & 23, gradually expanding to cover the upper levels of the other buildings as well. In 1879, the Caledonian Insurance Company expanded to Nos. 15 & 17, with remodeling carried out by MacGibbon and Ross. In 1881, the hotel portion became The George Hotel. In 1905, the hotel was completely remodeled, with the addition of luxurious public rooms on the ground floor. In 1939, the Caledonian Insurance Company moved out, selling t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hotel, Huddersfield
The George Hotel in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, is a Grade II#England and Wales, Grade II listed building famous as the birthplace of rugby league football in 1895. The 60 bed hotel was built in 1851 and closed in January 2013, with the receivership, receivers looking for a new buyer. The three-star rated George Hotel, which has an Italianate architecture, Italianate façade, was designed by William Walker. The Victorian era hotel was built around 1851. Birth of Rugby League It was in the George Hotel, Huddersfield on 29 August 1895 that 21 Lancashire and Yorkshire clubs held a meeting and by a majority of 20 to 1 voted to History of rugby league, secede from the Rugby Football Union to set up their own Rugby Football League, Northern Rugby Football Union. In 1922 this became the Rugby Football League. Stockport was also accepted into the league via telephone to the hotel. Memorabilia recalling the meeting can be found throughout the hotel as well as in the Heritag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hotel, Kilmarnock
The George Hotel is a former 5–star hotel located in Kilmarnock, Scotland. The building was built in the 19th century and is Listed building, "B" Listed. The building is situated on land at the top of Portland Street. This land was once the home of Kilmarnock Bowling Club. It was one of the top hotels in the area. The George was Kilmarnock's 5-star hotel. The hotel closed in 1920. There were plans for the hotel to be demolished when the Town Council purchased the property, but the plans were changed. The same year as the George Hotel closed part of the building was adapted and used as the George Cinema. The three-story building still remains today. The building still looks similar to the way it did in the days of the George Hotel. Nowadays the building is used by Mason Murphy as a furniture shop and the rest of the property is a disco. History The George Hotel was erected at the corner of George Street and Portland Street in Kilmarnock in 1823. It is widely speculated that Gla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The George Hotel, Reading
The George Hotel is a hotel and former coaching inn in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It is situated in the eastern end of the town centre, on the corner of King Street and Minster Street, next to The Oracle shopping mall. It is a Grade II listed building. History First mentioned in 1423, the George Inn was one of the busiest in Reading in the late 16th century. It was one of the major coaching inns between London and the West Country The West Country (occasionally Westcountry) is a loosely defined area of South West England, usually taken to include all, some, or parts of the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Bristol, and, less commonly, Wiltshire, Gloucesters ... in the 18th century. Gallery File:The George Hotel 1.jpg, 18th century facade File:Yield Hall Lane - geograph.org.uk - 780239.jpg, Entrance on Yield Hall Lane File:The George Hotel courtyard.jpg, Interior entrance in the Courtyard References External links NilV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hotel, Stamford
The George Hotel is a hotel and former coaching inn on the route of the Great North Road (Great Britain), Great North Road in Stamford Baron St Martin, St Martin's, Stamford, Lincolnshire, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. The hotel itself and numbers 68 and 69 St Martin's, which has been incorporated into it are Grade II* listed buildings. History It is possible that there was a hostelry on the site in 947 but the exact date of the current building is not known. A hospital of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem was on the site and was partly destroyed during the Wars of the Roses. The hospital was associated with Peterborough Abbey. The main block of the hotel was rebuilt, by William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley in 1597, but may have incorporated fragments of the earlier building. In 1645 Charles I of England, Charles I stayed at the George and other notables and sportsmen. A pit was built for cockfighting. During the 18th century it became a busy coaching inn. Daniel Defoe, in ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hotel, Swaffham
The George Hotel is a ''3 star'' hotel located in the English town of Swaffham, within the county of Norfolk, United Kingdom.County A to Z Atlas, Street & Road maps Norfolk, The hotel is a grade II listed building. Location The hotel is close to the centre of the town and is west of the city of Norwich. The hotel is east from the nearest railway station which is at Downham Market. The nearest Airport is in Norwich and is west of the hotel.''OS Explorer Map 236''. King’s Lynn, Downham Market & Swaffham. . Description The George Hotel was originally built in the early years of the 18th century with the main façade seen today built in 1860.Norfolk 2: Norfolk: North-west and South, By Nikolaus Pevsner Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, ''The Buildings of England'' (1 ... and Bill Wilson. 0-300-09 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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