The Royal Horseguards Hotel is a London hotel situated in the area of Whitehall. It is operated by Guoman Hotels, a subsidiary of Thistle Hotels.
| The Royal Horseguards Hotel | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Whitehall Court | |
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| Hotel chain | Guoman Hotels |
| General information | |
| Location | London, England |
| Address | 2 Whitehall Court London SW1A 2EJ |
| Coordinates | 51°30′20″N 0°07′28″W / 51.5055°N 0.1244°W |
| Opening | 1884, Building erected 1971, Converted to hotel 2008, Became a Guoman hotel |
| Owner | Thistle Hotels |
| Management | Guoman Hotels |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 9 |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 282 |
| Number of restaurants | 2 |
| Website | |
| https://www.guoman.com/the-royal-horseguards | |
History
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The building is the centre section of Whitehall Court which was designed by Thomas Archer and A. Green and constructed as a block of luxury residential apartments in 1884.[1] The building's construction was the centrepiece of an elaborate pyramid scheme for fraud by the Liberal MP and property developer Jabez Balfour, through the Liberator Building Society which he controlled. In 1892 the Society collapsed, leaving thousands of investors penniless. Instead of advancing money to home buyers, the Society had advanced money to property companies to buy properties owned by Balfour, at a high price.[2][3] It achieved its listed building status due to its architecture, which is modelled on a French chateau.[1]
The centre section of the building, 1-2 Whitehall Court, was converted to a hotel in 1971. The hotel expanded in 1985, when it acquired the 140 bedrooms above the adjoining National Liberal Club) at One Whitehall Place.[4] The hotel was acquired by Guoman Hotels in 2008.[5] It underwent a £20 million refurbishment at that time.[5]
Media appearances
editThe World Branding Awards was held at One Whitehall Place, the events building of the Royal Horseguards Hotel, in 2014.[6]
Location
editThe hotel is in Central London, just off the Embankment and Whitehall and near Trafalgar Square. The nearest tube station is Embankment and the nearest railway station is Charing Cross.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b Historic England. "Whitehall Court (1266894)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ Youssef Cassis, City Bankers, 1890-1914, Cambridge University Press (1994), page 164.
- ^ John Briggs, Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History, Routledge (1996), page 227.
- ^ L, Mark (23 July 2016). "The Royal Horseguards Hotel".
- ^ a b "A top spot for a capital stay". Manchester Evening News. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Asian Brands Honoured at the 2014 World Branding Awards". Yahoo Finance. Yahoo. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ "Charing Cross Station". Google Maps. Retrieved 14 July 2017.