Radisson Blu Perth (formerly known as the Station Hotel) is an historic building in
Perth,
Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
, Scotland. Located on Leonard Street, it is a Category B
listed building[Leonard Street, Station Hotel, Including Gate Piers]
– Historic Environment Scotland built in 1888.
[About us]
– Perth Station Hotel It opened for business in August 1890.
[ One of the hotel's first managers was Arthur Foster.][''Official Guide to Perth and Its Neighbourhood by the Tramway Car Routes'' – Perth Town Council (1907)]
The hotel faces Perth railway station, for which it is named.[ It is also close to ]Perth bus station
Perth bus station is located on Leonard Street in Perth, Scotland. It is owned by Perth and Kinross Council and is situated approximately 800 metres from the city centre, and 100 metres from Perth railway station. The station is mostly used for o ...
. The hotel was formerly owned and managed by the Highland, North British and Caledonian Railway companies.
The building, made of cream and red sandstone, was designed by Perth's city architect , who assumed his role some thirty years earlier.[ He worked with another local architect, ]John Murray Robertson
John Murray Robertson FRIBA (31 January 1844 – 31 January 1901) was a 19th-century Scottish architect who did much to change Dundee.
Life
He was born on 31 January 1844 at Strathord in Perthshire the son of James Robertson and Cather ...
, on the project.[ The hotel is a notable example of Scottish baronial architecture.][''The Historical Journal of the More Family'' (1901), p. 112] eight months before her death. She was in a wheelchair on that day.[
In 2021, the hotel joined ]Radisson Hotel Group
Radisson Hospitality, Inc. ( trading as Radisson Hotel Group) is an American multi-national hospitality company. It started as a division of Carlson Companies, which owned Radisson Hotels, Country Inns & Suites and other brands. In 1994, Carls ...
and became Radisson Blu Perth.
See also
* List of listed buildings in Perth, Scotland
References
External links
Official websitePerth, Leonard Street, Station Hotel
– Canmore Canmore may refer to:
* Canmore (database), a Scottish national online database of ancient monuments;
*Canmore, Alberta, a town in Canada;
*the House of Dunkeld, a royal house that ruled Scotland in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries, including
**Mal ...
1888 establishments in Scotland
Listed buildings in Perth, Scotland
Category B listed buildings in Perth and Kinross
Listed hotels in Scotland
Railway hotels in Scotland
Hotels in Perth and Kinross
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