Royal Garden Hotel

Hotel in Kensington, London

51°30′9.54″N 0°11′16.91″W / 51.5026500°N 0.1880306°W / 51.5026500; -0.1880306Technical detailsFloor count10Other informationNumber of rooms395Number of suites17Number of restaurants2Parking160 SpacesWebsitewww.royalgardenhotel.co.uk

Royal Garden Hotel is a 5-star hotel in London, England,^[1] located in the borough of Kensington.

History

The Royal Palace Hotel

The hotel was preceded by the former Royal Palace Hotel, a Victorian-era hotel completed in 1893 designed by British architect, Basil Champneys.^[2] As part of the war effort in the 1900s, The Royal Palace was taken over and used as the headquarters for the Woman's Royal Voluntary Service.^[3]

Demolition and rebuilding

In the 1961, as part of a Labour Government grant, the Queen Anne-style building^[2] was demolished and completely rebuilt in a Brutalist-style under the guide of architect, Colonel Richard Seifert.^[4] The hotel re-opened in 1965 as the Royal Garden Hotel, operated by the Oddeninos hotel company.^[5]

Later history

In 1994, the hotel was bought by the Singaporean entrepreneur, Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat, and undertook a £30 million refurbishment. It reopened in April 1996 under the management of Khoo's Goodwood Group, joining the group's two Singapore hotels, the Goodwood Park Hotel and the York Hotel.^[6]

In May 2011, the hotel completed the final stage of an extensive £45 million refurbishment.^[7]^[5]

The hotel closed in 2020, with plans and reopened in 2022 following the refurbishment of rooms and a restaurant.^[8]

References

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^ ^a ^b "Royal Palace Hotel, High Street Kensington, London". RIBApix. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
^ Publications, Roma (23 September 2022). "The Royal Garden". Premier Construction News. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
^ "Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington Road, London". manchesterhistory.net. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b Anand, Dev (11 December 2020). "London's Royal Garden Hotel to Close until 2022 with over 250 Redundancies". The Hotel Property Team. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
^ "The Royal Garden at 50 Long-serving staff and..." The Caterer. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
^ "Royal Garden Hotel". 31 May 2011.
^ "Royal Garden hotel to close until 2022 with over 250 redundancies". The Caterer. 11 December 2020.