History
The Raven Hotel dates from the 16th Century and is set in the centre of Droitwich.
It was a popular hotel with 72 bedrooms and numerous conference rooms served as a great local venue for events and weddings.
The raven hotel is Grade II listed.
The site of The Raven Hotel building is reputed to be the birthplace of St Richard de Wyche.
The Old Manor House of Wyche, along with most of the town, was destroyed in the great fire of Droitwich in about 1290.
It was rebuilt in the early 16th century and was then known as St Andrew's House.
In 1879 it was bought by John Corbett and, after extensive remodelling, opened as a luxurious hotel in 1887.
In recognition of his Norman forebears he named it The Raven Hotel, a play on the French version of his name, corbeau, meaning a raven.
There is a stained glass window in the hotel, that is thought to have come from the old Exchequer House in the town, which displays the armorial bearings of those who held the rights to extract salt.
These included the Corbett, Newport, Froxmore, Russell, Astley, Beauchamp, Winter and Warwick families.
Elizabethan coins have been found in an oak beam or safe hole in the bar. Charles II is reputed to have lodged here for three days, en route to storming the city of Leicester in May 1645.
In 2010 the Raven Hotel was closed for 'Operational Reasons' but it was claimed that local demand would see the hotel open its doors in due course. The site was put up for sale but never found a buyer and never re-opened.
More recently in 2018 the hotel was purchased by new owners who is planning to build 51 houses on the site but to keep and restore the grade 2 listed parts of the site.
The Explore
Not been out exploring for a few moths now so with absolutley nothing to do in the gap between christmas and new year i decided to go check it out.
Didnt realise it was such a msssive soggy,mouldy derp but hey they cant all be amazing right?.
Yep sadly this place has been absolutley ripped apart leaving it very sketchey and very mouldy.
There were some redeeming features though...
Inside what would have been 1 of the function or ball rooms there was a fantastic ceiling with some lovely peely paint.
Chandeliers still hung from the cealings and there was also the odd piano still left behind and a few other nice features amongst the rot.
The Raven Hotel dates from the 16th Century and is set in the centre of Droitwich.
It was a popular hotel with 72 bedrooms and numerous conference rooms served as a great local venue for events and weddings.
The raven hotel is Grade II listed.
The site of The Raven Hotel building is reputed to be the birthplace of St Richard de Wyche.
The Old Manor House of Wyche, along with most of the town, was destroyed in the great fire of Droitwich in about 1290.
It was rebuilt in the early 16th century and was then known as St Andrew's House.
In 1879 it was bought by John Corbett and, after extensive remodelling, opened as a luxurious hotel in 1887.
In recognition of his Norman forebears he named it The Raven Hotel, a play on the French version of his name, corbeau, meaning a raven.
There is a stained glass window in the hotel, that is thought to have come from the old Exchequer House in the town, which displays the armorial bearings of those who held the rights to extract salt.
These included the Corbett, Newport, Froxmore, Russell, Astley, Beauchamp, Winter and Warwick families.
Elizabethan coins have been found in an oak beam or safe hole in the bar. Charles II is reputed to have lodged here for three days, en route to storming the city of Leicester in May 1645.
In 2010 the Raven Hotel was closed for 'Operational Reasons' but it was claimed that local demand would see the hotel open its doors in due course. The site was put up for sale but never found a buyer and never re-opened.
More recently in 2018 the hotel was purchased by new owners who is planning to build 51 houses on the site but to keep and restore the grade 2 listed parts of the site.
The Explore
Not been out exploring for a few moths now so with absolutley nothing to do in the gap between christmas and new year i decided to go check it out.
Didnt realise it was such a msssive soggy,mouldy derp but hey they cant all be amazing right?.
Yep sadly this place has been absolutley ripped apart leaving it very sketchey and very mouldy.
There were some redeeming features though...
Inside what would have been 1 of the function or ball rooms there was a fantastic ceiling with some lovely peely paint.
Chandeliers still hung from the cealings and there was also the odd piano still left behind and a few other nice features amongst the rot.
