The Sandcliff Hotel is an AA
[AA Grading-Sandcliff Hotel]
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town of Cromer
Cromer ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. It is north of Norwich, north-northeast of London and east of Sheringham on the North Sea coastline.
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, within the county of Norfolk
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, United Kingdom
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.[County A to Z Atlas, Street & Road maps Norfolk, ]
Location
The ''Sandcliff'' 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 commanding 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 Sandcliff Hotel was designed by architect George John Skipper in 1894[''Pretty Villas & Capacious Hotels'': By Cromer Preservation Society Guides No:3 ;Edited by F.J Weatherhead: Published:2006] and was built by Ambrose Fox and opened in 1895. The façades are of red brick interweaved with ornamental brickwork and well crafted panels of knapped flintwork.
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Cromer
Hotels in Cromer
Hotels in North Norfolk
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Hotels established in 1895
Grade II listed hotels
George Skipper buildings
1895 establishments in England