The Grand Hotel is a

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on Granby Street in the

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. It is now known as the Mercure Leicester City Hotel. It was designed by Cecil Ogden and built between 1897-98 by

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. The wedding-cake style top on the corner of Grandby Street and Belvoir Street was added by Amos Hall who also designed the

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in the Edwardian period. The Kings Hall on the first floor was at one time a cinema. Granby Street, Leicester, c

The hotel has always been considered one of Leicester's most prestigious, but arguably its heyday was during Victorian times. Today the hotel is rated as 4 star and is operated by

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, a division of the multinational hotel company

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References

External links

Mercure Leicester City Hotel Website
Hotels in Leicestershire History of Leicester Buildings and structures in Leicester Hotel buildings completed in 1898 1898 establishments in England Grade II listed buildings in Leicestershire {{UK-hotel-stub