The Royal George Hotel (also known as The Royal George) is a
hotel
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and restaurant in
Perth
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, Scotland. It is a Category B
listed building
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Historic Environment Scotland
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Its main entrance is on George Street, though its
Tay Street
Tay Street is a major thoroughfare, part of the A989 road, A989, in the Scottish city of Perth, Perth and Kinross, Perth, Perth and Kinross. Planned in 1806 and completed around 1885, it is named for the River Tay, Scotland's longest river, on ...
frontage, overlooking the
River Tay
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, is more well known. It is named for
George III
George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Br ...
.
Notable visitors to the hotel include
Empress Eugenie
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and
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 ...
, her husband,
Albert, Prince Consort
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the consort of Queen Victoria from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861.
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, and their children, who stayed there on 29 September, 1848,''The Tourist's Hand-book to Perth and Neighbourhood'' (1849), p. 39 during their journey south after holidaying at
Balmoral Castle
Balmoral Castle () is a large estate house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and a residence of the British royal family. It is near the village of Crathie, west of Ballater and west of Aberdeen.
The estate and its original castle were bought ...
.''The History of Perth: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time'',
Thomas Hay Marshall
Thomas Hay Marshall (1770 – 15 July 1808) was twice lord provost of Perth, Scotland. With a passion for Georgian architecture,Henry Adamson (1849), p. 483Royal George Royalty – The Royal George Hotel (
William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield
William David Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield, 3rd Earl of Mansfield, KT, DL (21 February 1806 – 1 August 1898) was a British Conservative politician.
The son of David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield, and Frederica Markham, daughter of ...
, was out of town and, thus, they were unable to stay at
Scone Palace
Scone Palace is a Category A-listed historic house near the village of Scone and the city of Perth, Scotland. Built in red sandstone with a castellated roof, it is an example of the Gothic Revival style in Scotland.
Scone was originally the s ...
, just under two miles to the north.) It was Victoria's first time staying in a hotel. After breakfast at the hotel the following morning, the family left for
Carlisle
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on the recently built
Scottish Central Railway
The Scottish Central Railway was formed in 1845 to link Perth and Stirling to Central Scotland, by building a railway line to join the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway near Castlecary.
The line opened in 1848 including a branch to South Alloa. The ...
. Then named The George Inn, the business was renamed The Royal George Hotel in her honour. (The street adjacent to the property on its southern side is named George Inn Lane.) Both the Royal Warrant and two lamps from the room the monarch slept in are still in the hotel today.
Queen Victoria returned to Perth in 1864 to unveil a statue of her husband, who died three years earlier, at the
North Inch
North Inch is a large public park in Perth, Scotland. About 54 hectares in size, it is one of two "Inches" in Perth, the other being the smaller, 31-hectare South Inch, located half a mile across the city. The inches were granted to the city, whe ...
.
Local architect
Donald Alexander Stewart
Donald Alexander Stewart Royal Institute of British Architects, FRIBA (6 July 1876 – 16 January 1940) was a Scottish architect, prominent in the first half of the 20th century.Robert Matthew Mitchell, did some reconstruction work on the hotel in 1927.
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
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, dined at the hotel in 2003.
The hotel has 45 rooms.Accommodation – The Royal George Hotel
Gallery
File:George Inn Lane - geograph.org.uk - 550851.jpg, George Inn Lane, beside the hotel
See also
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List of listed buildings in Perth, Scotland
This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of Perth, Scotland.
List
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Google Street View
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Google Street View
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