Grand hotel ( Scarborough ) - wikipedia Grand hotel ( Scarborough ) Britannia Grand Hotel The Grand Hotel, Scarborough Former names The Grand Hotel Cliff Hotel General information Architectural style Baroque Address St Nicholas Cliff Town or city Scarborough, North Yorkshire Country England Coordinates 54 ° 16 ′ 50 '' N 0 ° 23 ′ 54 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 54.280493 ° N 0.398233 ° W ﻿ / 54.280493 ; - 0.398233 Coordinates : 54 ° 16 ′ 50 '' N 0 ° 23 ′ 54 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 54.280493 ° N 0.398233 ° W ﻿ / 54.280493 ; - 0.398233 Construction started 1863 Completed 1867 Renovated 1978 and 2005 Cost £ 100,000 ( 1867 ) Owner Britannia Hotels Height 37m Technical details Floor count 4 + Eaves Level + 2 attic storey + 3 basement levels Design and construction Architect Cuthbert Brodrick Designations Grade II Listed Other information Number of rooms 413 Parking No Parking Website https://www.britanniahotels.com/hotels/the-grand-hotel-scarborough/ The Grand Hotel is a large hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, overlooking the town 's South Bay. It is a Grade II * listed building that is owned by Britannia Hotels and has undergone a £ 7 million refurbishment. At the time of its grand opening in 1867, it was the largest hotel and the largest brick structure in Europe. Contents 1 Design 2 History 2.1 Incidents 3 Notable guests 4 References 5 External links Design Detail of one of the hotel 's four towers The hotel was designed by the Hull architect Cuthbert Brodrick, who was better known as the designer of several Leeds buildings, and when completed in 1867 was one of the largest hotels in the world, as well as one of the first giant purpose - built hotels in Europe. The hotel 's distinctive yellow ( also referred to as tawny ) brickwork was made locally in Hunmanby and is complemented with traditional red brickwork around the windows. The building is designed around the theme of time : four towers to represent the seasons, 12 floors for the months of the year, 52 chimneys symbolise the weeks, and originally there were 365 bedrooms, one for each day of the year. Following the renovation the room count was reduced to 280. The hotel itself is in the shape of a ' V ' in honour of Queen Victoria. The hotel 's heyday was arguably during Victorian times, when wealthy holidaymakers made up the establishment 's clientele. As Scarborough was a famous spa town, the building 's baths originally included an extra pair of taps, so guests could wash in seawater as well as fresh. The design has similarities to contemporaries of the period that were stylised as `` French Second Empire mode ''. The windows on the ground and first floors are round headed. Those on the first floor also have a continuous iron rail balcony. All first to third floor windows have a cornice over the top denoting the floor boundary. The Eaves level windows are located between the projecting brackets for the eaves. The attic windows are squared dormer on the lower level and rounded on the upper. The attic levels, being part of the roof are covered in slate. On the narrow end of the building there is domed structure between the two towers. Facing the sea, the three basement levels can be seen clearly extended the full length of the building. A glass - enclosed terrace has been added on top of this. The building was first listed on 8 June 1973 with number 1243163 under the Planning ( Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas ) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest. History Construction began in 1863 and was completed in 1867, at a cost of over £ 100,000. At the time, it was the largest brick building in Europe. The first manager was M. Augustus Fricour, who had previously been in charge at the Hotel Mirabeau in Paris. The grand opening was on 24 July 1867. From 1887, the hotel forged a link with the local annual cricket festival and allowed guests attending the exclusive use of the old dining room. The connection was extended to the cricket ground in the late 1940s, when staff from the hotel would serve food and drink to the players. In 1939, the hotel became the home to RAF trainees and the corner cupolas housed anti-aircraft guns. The hotel was badly damaged when the German Navy bombarded the town in 1914. The bombardment of the town occurred on 16 December 1914 soon after 8 a.m. by the battlecruisers Derfflinger and Von der Tann, accompanied by the light cruiser Kolberg. It was reported that the hotel was hit at least 30 times. Following the Iranian Embassy siege in 1980, the hotel was used in a covert training exercise by the SAS in preparation for other anticipated terrorist incidents. Currently, the hotel caters towards the budget end of the spectrum. The hotel was bought by Butlins, the company better known for its holiday camps, in 1978 and was run as an inexpensive choice of accommodation. In November 2004, the hotel was purchased by Britannia from Grand Leisure Group. Incidents The hotel 's blue plaques During the first decade of the 21st century, the hotel suffered a number of health and safety issues. Several cases of sickness had been reported in the mid-1990s under its previous ownership, and in 2002, an outbreak of gastroenteritis hospitalised one man and affected more than 200 guests and staff. A month later, 54 people fell ill, leading to ten days ' closure to carry out cleaning. In October 2004, a number of guests were quarantined in their rooms because of reports of sickness. In December, the hotel shut for ten days after an outbreak of the Norwalk virus. That incident, in which no one required hospital treatment, closed the establishment for several days. A spokesperson for the North Yorkshire Health Protection Unit blamed the incidents on the age of the building and `` bad luck ''. In 2006, the hotel was fined £ 10,000 after a guest drank water that contained dangerous levels of bleach. In June 2011, seventy guests were affected by an outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea. The cause was said to most likely to be a viral gastrointestinal infection, but that had not been confirmed.In March 2007, 120 people fell ill with the Norwalk virus ; infection control specialists stressed that the management should not be held responsible, as similar outbreaks are commonplace elsewhere. In 2005, an investigative BBC report revealed several health issues at the hotel, including the presence of E. coli bacteria. This report was branded `` sensationalist '' by Scarborough council 's environmental health officer. In May 2006, a fire broke out on the sixth floor of the building, possibly caused by renovation work. The hotel was quickly evacuated while local fire crews dealt with what they described as `` quite a severe fire ''. Extinguishing the blaze took over 40 minutes because of the number of stairs in the building and the amount of smoke, which both hampered firefighters ' movements. In September 2006, the management installed extra netting and spikes on the exterior of the building to deter nesting seagulls. The birds, which are regarded as a nuisance in parts of the town, had been disturbing guests with mating calls. Their droppings were also responsible for a significant proportion of the hotel 's cleaning expenses. In 2016 the local council was set to take action against the increasing numbers of gulls within the town and local area. Notable guests The hotel has a three blue plaques. One notes that Anne Brontë, the Yorkshire writer, died at lodgings on the site of the current hotel. Another mentions that the RAF trainees during the Second World War were stationed there. Still another commemorates the opening of the building. Winston Churchill stayed in the hotel during a Conservative Party Conference. References Jump up ^ `` The Grand Hotel, Scarborough ''. Britannia Hotel. Retrieved 16 December 2006. Jump up ^ `` Britain 's Best Breaks ''. Archived from the original on 3 February 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2006. Jump up ^ `` Walk through Time ''. BBC North Yorkshire. Retrieved 16 December 2006. Jump up ^ `` Victorian Architecture ''. Retrieved 4 March 2016. Jump up ^ Historic England. `` Grand Hotel ( 1243163 ) ''. National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 March 2016. ^ Jump up to : Woodhouse, Robert ( 2013 ). The Scarborough Book of Days. The History Press. ISBN 0752494007. Jump up ^ Lewis, Stephen ( 11 December 2014 ). `` Black Day in History for Scarborough ''. The Press. York. Retrieved 5 March 2016. Jump up ^ `` Britannia Group Acquisition ''. Archived from the original on 26 February 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` Hotel May Reopen Tomorrow after Outbreaks of Sickness ''. Yorkshire Post. 22 December 2004. Retrieved 16 December 2006. Jump up ^ `` Bleach Contaminated Hotel 's Drinking Water ''. Chartered Institute of Environmental Health. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2006. Jump up ^ `` Scarborough Grand Hotel vomiting bug investigated ''. BBC News. 7 June 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011. Jump up ^ `` Hotel praised for speedy reaction to sickness bug ''. Scarborough Evening News. 27 March 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2007. Jump up ^ `` Hotel not - so - Grand ''. BBC Inside Out. Retrieved 16 December 2006. Jump up ^ `` Hotel claims on TV are sensationalist ''. Scarborough Evening News. 14 February 2005. Retrieved 3 May 2007. Jump up ^ `` Hotel bid to evict ''. Scarborough Evening News. 22 September 2006. Retrieved 1 April 2007. Jump up ^ `` Seaside town plagued by gulls fights back against its feathered marauders ''. Retrieved 10 January 2017. Jump up ^ `` Bill 's at a milestone of a wonderful life ''. The Scarborough News. Scarborough. 3 April 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2016. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grand Hotel, Scarborough. Britannia Hotels - official site Historic England. `` Details from image database ( 446711 ) ''. Images of England. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grand_Hotel_(Scarborough)&oldid=792077107 '' Categories : Hotels in North Yorkshire Buildings and structures in Scarborough, North Yorkshire Grade II * listed buildings in North Yorkshire Butlins hotels Hotel buildings completed in 1867 1867 establishments in England Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from March 2016 Coordinates on Wikidata Commons category with local link different than on Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 24 July 2017, at 09 : 20. 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Question: when was the grand hotel in scarborough built
Answer: 1867