Hotel Name: | Glenburn Hotel |
Alternate Names: | The Hydro |
Location: | Glenburn Road, Rothesay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland |
Coordinates: | 55.8415°N -5.0426°W |
Pushpin Map: | UK Scotland#Scotland Argyll and Bute |
Opening Date: | 1843 |
Number Of Rooms: | 121 |
Floors: | 5 (including basement) |
Website: | Official website |
The Glenburn Hotel is a hotel located on Glenburn Road in Rothesay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is a Category B listed building built in the first half of the 19th century.[1] It opened for business in 1843. It was rebuilt, in ashlar stone, in 1892, on a grander scale, after a fire.[2] It was originally Glenburn Hydropathic, Scotland's first spa.[1] [2] A brick chimney to the east of the property served the laundry and the steam heating.[2]
The hotel, which has 121 bedrooms,[3] is known colloquially, especially amongst the older generation, as the Hydro.[2]
The Glenburn was extensively refurbished in 2016. It has been closed since November 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with staff initially being placed on furlough. In March 2022, it was announced that the hotel has been sold to the hotel group Bespoke Hotels for an undisclosed sum.[4]