Legacy Hotel Victoria, Newquay
The Hotel Victoria is in Newquay, Cornwall, United Kingdom and is near the cliffs above the Great Western Beach. The Hotel first opened in June 1899. History. The Newquay Urban district Council had decided to build a luxury hotel. They formed The Victoria Hotel Company Limited in 1897. The hotel was designed by the Cornish architect, John Sansom, who was part of a practice in Liskeard. He was responsible for designing a number of works in Cornwall, mostly around Liskeard, but also the Victoria in Newquay, the Porthminster Hotel in St. Ives, and various schools and  churches. Construction of the hotel, by local builder C.R Bellingham, started in 1897 and was completed by May 1899, more than a year before the Headland Hotel, by rival architect Sylvanus Trevail. The hotel officially opened on 1 June 1899. The Hotel Victoria was built in the Gothic Revival Style, with ornate stonework, Victorian style balconies and a glass covered entrance cloister. The hotel was heated by Spencer's patent radiators. Mr Whitford was reported by a local newspaper as saying approximately £18,000 (£2.3 million today) was spent on exclusive furnishings. When originally built the hotel accommodated 100  guests and their servants in suites of apartments. In later years it has been reorganised and enlarged and now caters for more than 200 guests. A feature of the Victoria was the lift that connected every floor to the bathing beaches below, claimed to be the only one in England.