Holland House, formerly called Julian Hodge House, is a high-rise hotel on Newport Road near the centre of

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. Originally an office block, the building has 15 floors and is the tenth tallest building in Cardiff.

History

The building was constructed in 1968 by the Welsh financier

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(1904 –2004). It was named Julian Hodge House, and later the Julian S. Hodge Building. It was built as an office block, with occupants including Lloyds TSB Bank. The building was refurbished in 2003/4 for hotel use.Skyscraper News , Macdonald Holland House
/ref> The existing concrete framed structure was altered and a two-storey extension, built on top of a basement car park area, was demolished. In 2004 it became the Macdonald Holland House Hotel. The hotel was run by Macdonald Hotels until 2007, when it was sold to

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to operate under the Mercure brand. It was known as Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel & Spa until 18 March 2025, when it left Accor. It now operates as Holland House Hotel Cardiff By Sunday. In 2006, the exterior of the building was used as a hospital for the BBC television sci-fi drama series ''

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'', which was produced in Cardiff.

Hotel facilities

Holland House Cardiff is a 4-star hotel with 165 rooms. It has a first floor restaurant and a lounge bar, an indoor swimming pool and seventeen meeting spaces.

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