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History

The hotel started life as two private

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residences in 1865 before being turned into a

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in 1880. In 1886, it became the Warrington Lodge Medical and Surgery Home for Ladies. The mathematician Alan Turing was born there in 1912. In 1935 the hospital was converted into The Esplanade Hotel. Sigmund Freud stayed at the hotel during the summer of 1938 when he was renovating his house in

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. To honour his stay the hotel renamed the best suite the "Sigmund Freud suite". In 1944, the hotel was bought by the Cardenas family and its name was changed to the Colonnade Hotel. The hotel changed hands again in 1998 when it was purchased and renovated by the current owners,

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Location

The hotel's postcode is W9 1ER. The nearest London Underground station is Warwick Avenue on the Bakerloo line.

Awards

* Conde Nast Johanssens Award for Excellence 2002 – Most Excellent London Hotel * Best Loved Hotels of the World – designated a Best Loved Hotel 2004

References

External links

{{commons category, Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel website
1935 establishments in England Hotels established in 1935 Residential buildings completed in 1865 Hotels in the City of Westminster Grade II listed buildings in the City of Westminster Grade II listed hotels Alan Turing