North Euston Hotel

North Euston Hotel
North Euston Hotel
Fleetwood - Mar 2008 - North Euston Hotel.jpg
North Euston Hotel is located in Lancashire
Location Fleetwood, Lancashire, England
Coordinates 53°55′40.8″N 3°0′33.12″W / 53.928°N 3.0092°W / 53.928; -3.0092
Opening date 1841
Architect Decimus Burton
Owner Spearman family[1]

The North Euston Hotel is a hotel in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. It was built 1840–41, to a design by Decimus Burton. During the second half of the 19th century, the building was used by the War Department as a School of Musketry; by the end of the century it had reverted back to its original purpose. The hotel has been designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.

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History

Fleetwood was a 19th-century planned town, developed by local landowner Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood. Inspired by southern English seaside resorts like St Leonards-on-Sea, Hesketh-Fleetwood employed architect Decimus Burton to lay out his new town and design the main buildings.[2] Hesketh-Fleetwood intended that Fleetwood would be an important stop for rail passengers travelling from London to Scotland; in the 1840s, there was no railway over the Lake District hills and passengers would be able to disembark at Fleetwood before taking a boat to Scotland.[3] A hotel was a vital part of this plan and since rail passengers would be embarking at London Euston, Hesketh-Fleetwood decided to name it the North Euston Hotel.[4]

Burton designed the hotel as a focal point in the town.[5] Construction started in 1840 and it opened the following year.[6] A regatta was held in celebration of the hotel's opening in August 1841.[7] The hotel's first manager was a Corsican man called Xenon Vantini.[8] By the 1850s, a direct rail route to Scotland had been built, ending Hesketh-Fleetwood's hopes of Fleetwood becoming a major transport hub.[9] The town's tourist industry was failing and the North Euston was sold to the government.[10] From 1861–1867 the War Department used it as a School of Musketry. Later, with additional buildings, it was converted into Euston Barracks.[9][11] In 1898 the North Euston reverted to its original purpose.[10]

On 26 April 1950 English Heritage designated the hotel a Grade II listed building.[6] The Grade II designation—the lowest of the three grades—is for buildings that are "nationally important and of special interest".[12]

Architecture

The hotel is built of ashlar with slate roofs.[6] It has a curved plan, with a front façade that stretches approximately 900 feet (270 m).[13] The north and south wings have two regular storeys with a mansard roof, and dormers providing accommodation on the third floor. The central portion has three full storeys. The north wing, which faces along The Esplanade, curves almost a full 90 degrees, while the south wing is shorter, curving roughly 45 degrees. At the front of the building there is a porte-cochère (porch) supported by fluted Roman Doric columns.[14]

See also

  • Listed buildings in Fleetwood

References

Notes
Footnotes
  1. ^ "Couple Snap up Euston Hotel", Blackpool Gazette (Johnston Press), 14 October 2009, http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/local/couple_snap_up_euston_hotel_1_384807, retrieved 10 July 2011 
  2. ^ Curtis (1994), p. 52
  3. ^ Curtis (1994), p. 40
  4. ^ Curtis (1994), p. 53
  5. ^ Taylor & Payne (2008), p. 38
  6. ^ a b c "North Euston Hotel, Euston Crescent", National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1362181, retrieved 10 July 2011 
  7. ^ Wigglesworth (1992), p. 38
  8. ^ Curtis (1994), p. 78
  9. ^ a b Taylor & Payne (2008), p. 39
  10. ^ a b Lancashire County Council & Egerton Lea Consultancy (2005), p. 23
  11. ^ Porter (1876), p. 225
  12. ^ "Listed Buildings", National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/listed-buildings/, retrieved 10 July 2011 
  13. ^ "School of Musketry at Fleetwood", London Society (William Clowes and Sons) 5: pp. 81–84, 1864 
  14. ^ Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 295
Bibliography

Further reading

  • Curtis, Bill (1992), The North Euston Hotel: A Brief History, ISBN 1688743685 

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