The Cliftonville Hotel is an AA 3 star Hotel, and Grade II listed building, located in the

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seaside town of

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in the county of

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Location

The hotel stands on the landward side of the A 149 coast road''OS Explorer Map 24 - Norfolk Coast Central''. . on the western outskirts of the town. It has views across the esplanade to the sea, beach and the towns Victorian Pier. The hotel is from

Cromer Railway Station Cromer is a railway station in the English county of Norfolk. Because the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GNJR) line approached Cromer from the west, following the coastal clifftops, it avoided the steep escarpment which had preven ...

. The nearest airport is in

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...

and is south of Cromer.

Description

The hotel has 30 en-suite bedrooms over three floors, all rooms have been refurbished in 2022/2023. The rooms situated in the east wing are accessible by a lift. On the ground floor there is a reception area, recently refurbished lounge area and a bar & restaurant area. The Ballroom with spring loaded floor and Minstrels' Gallery is available for private hire.

History

The

Edwardian The Edwardian era or Edwardian period of British history spanned the reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910 and is sometimes extended to the start of the First World War. The death of Queen Victoria in January 1901 marked the end of the Victori ...

Hotel started out as the Cliftonville boarding house''Pretty Villas & Capacious Hotels'': By Cromer Preservation Society Guides No:3 ;Edited by F.J Weatherhead: Published:2006 and was designed in 1894 by the architect Augustus Frederick ScottNorfolk 1: Norwich and North-East, 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; Cromer entry, page 120. for William Churchyard of Westbourne House, West Street, Cromer. In 1898 the hotel was further improved and extended with new facade facing Runton Road, under the control of architect George John Skipper.George Skipper
Retrieved 5 January 2013 This new façade was done in the decorative Arts and Craft style fashionable at that time. The ornate carved brickwork was hand carved by a Mr Minns, who had also been employed on the work designed by Skipper for Cromer Town Hall. Between 1925 and 1932 the hotel came under the ownership of Albert Ernest Willins. After the outbreak of the Second World War the hotel was used to billet troops sent to North Norfolk to guard the coast from invasion. The hotel still retains many of its Edwardian architectural features including a fine main staircase, stained glass windows and a classic Minstrels’ Gallery which are all designed by Skipper.

Gallery

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References

External links

Cliftonville Hotel’s own website
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