Grand Hotel, Sheringham Explained

Grand Hotel
Pushpin Map:Norfolk
Location:Sheringham, North Norfolk, Norfolk, England
Pushpin Map Caption:Norfolk
Address:The Esplanada
Sheringham
Norfolk
Coordinates:52.946°N 1.2065°W
Opening Date:1898
Number Of Rooms:105
Facilities: Ballroom
Bowling Green
Billiards Room
Status:Demolished
Building Type:Hotel
Architectural Style:Victorian
Completion Date:1898
Demolition Date:1974

The Grand Hotel was a large Victorian hotel in the English seaside resort town of Sheringham in the county of Norfolk. It was demolished in 1974.

Location

The hotel was situated on the landward side of The Esplanada on the western side of the town. The hotel was on the sea front on the cliff top above the towns main beach. The site is now used partly as a car park and a small scale housing development.[1]

Description

The hotel was an impressive looking building which included two large domes on the roof, one on each corner. The hotel was designed by the Norwich architect Herbert John Green[2] who was also the church Diocesan Surveyor of Norwich.[3] The hotel was part of a rapid development of the resort following the arrival of the railway in to the town.

The hotel suffered a decline with the rapid expansion of the overseas package holiday business in the 1960s. It closed and was demolished in 1974. The site was later redeveloped into seven blocks of flats and a car park.

Notes and References

  1. OS Explorer Map 24 - Norfolk Coast Central. .
  2. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East, By Nikolaus Pevsner and Bill Wilson, Sheringham entry.
  3. Web site: Architects and Artists F to G. 21 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130101094742/http://www.sussexparishchurches.org/content/view/330/40. 1 January 2013.