I'm aware this place is pretty fresh but knowing the Hotel quite well, being in my hometown and knowing it will eventually succumb to vandalism, I wanted to see it before it completely deteriorates.
With finding access, its obvious the kids have been in, a bit of vandalism and signs of squatting.
I went back for a revist but the Hotel is now taken over by the homeless. So hopefully they look after and one day it could be saved.
I got the impression the Hotel closed because of Covid but apparently it closed because of bad management...so I heard.
A stunning building with years of neglect on the upper floors, there was when pigeons living in one one of the rooms.
Most of the rooms were locked and the ones that wernt had been kicked in.
I did enjoy the explore however I felt sadness knowing that yet again another listed building will be left to rot in my hometown.
Building of the Grand Hotel was started in 1899 by John Duckberry, who had a vision of creating the largest, grandest hotel in the North-East. When it was completed in 1901, the hotel had 100 bedrooms. However, it failed to be financially viable and in 1912 was purchased by the Great Northern railway. Commuters would arrive at Hartlepool train station on Church Street and be ferried via horse and carriage to the Grand Hotel.
The hotel was sold in 1983 to West Hartlepool Steam Navigation amid pressure on nationalised industries such as British Rail to consider asset disposal. The management at the time, led by Peter Land, tried to establish a management buyout, but the hotel was sold by open tender, realising a much lower value for the taxpayer.
The hotel was sold again in 1997 to private investors and then to Tavistock Leisure in May 2007.
The hotel has was passed to Hertfordshire-based property firm Shepherd Cox.
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Thanks for looking.
With finding access, its obvious the kids have been in, a bit of vandalism and signs of squatting.
I went back for a revist but the Hotel is now taken over by the homeless. So hopefully they look after and one day it could be saved.
I got the impression the Hotel closed because of Covid but apparently it closed because of bad management...so I heard.
A stunning building with years of neglect on the upper floors, there was when pigeons living in one one of the rooms.
Most of the rooms were locked and the ones that wernt had been kicked in.
I did enjoy the explore however I felt sadness knowing that yet again another listed building will be left to rot in my hometown.
Building of the Grand Hotel was started in 1899 by John Duckberry, who had a vision of creating the largest, grandest hotel in the North-East. When it was completed in 1901, the hotel had 100 bedrooms. However, it failed to be financially viable and in 1912 was purchased by the Great Northern railway. Commuters would arrive at Hartlepool train station on Church Street and be ferried via horse and carriage to the Grand Hotel.
The hotel was sold in 1983 to West Hartlepool Steam Navigation amid pressure on nationalised industries such as British Rail to consider asset disposal. The management at the time, led by Peter Land, tried to establish a management buyout, but the hotel was sold by open tender, realising a much lower value for the taxpayer.
The hotel was sold again in 1997 to private investors and then to Tavistock Leisure in May 2007.
The hotel has was passed to Hertfordshire-based property firm Shepherd Cox.
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Thanks for looking.
