Grand Hotel, St Nicholas Cliff, Scarborough, Yorks, UK
Posted by: 
bill&ben
N 54° 16.839 W 000° 23.925
30U E 669343 N 6017869
A plaque celebrating the Grand Hotel, once Europe’s largest hotel.
Waymark Code: WMM1KX
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/03/2014
Views: 3
The Grand Hotel was built in 1867 to a design by Cuthbert
Broderick. When it was built it was one of the largest hotels in the world,
certainly in Europe. It is now Grade 2* listed.
The hotel is built into the side of St Nicholas Cliff,
overlooking Scarborough’s South Bay. Architecturally the building is
built around a theme of time. There are 4 towers representing the seasons, with
12 floors representing the months, 52 chimneys representing the weeks, and 365
rooms for the days of the year. The hotel is V shaped in honour of Queen
Victoria.
In Victorian times the hotel catered for wealthy holiday
makers. During World War 1 the hotel was damaged in a naval bombardment by the
German Navy. In World War 2 the hotel saw service as a base for RAF training
recruits.
The plaque, erected by Scarborough Borough Council, reads
SCARBOROUGH HERITAGE
TRAIL
GRAND
HOTEL.
A SOUTH BAY
LANDMARK
SINCE 1867
ONCE EUROPE’S
LARGEST HOTEL