Sloane Square Hotel
The Sloane Square Hotel is located on the north side of Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Nearby notable buildings include the
History
The building has been a hotel for over a century, ever since the rebuilding of the northern side of Sloane Square during the 1890s. In 1900 the lease for the site was taken by George Bernard and Amos Ballard, who completed the building and opened it as the Royal Court Hotel.[2] By 1919, the running of the hotel had been taken over by the hotelier Auguste Wild. In 2005 the hotel was bought by the hotelier John Tham, former managing director of the Cliveden hotel, and renamed the Sloane Square hotel. It was completely renovated in 2006.[3]
Following the bombing of
In early 1960, the hotel was temporary home to Peter Llewelyn Davies, a leading figure in London's publishing industry and the inspiration for J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, while en route to Gibraltar.[5] On 5 April 1960, Davies left the bar of the hotel and threw himself under a train at the nearby underground station, making "front-page news around the world".[6]
During the 1960s, the hotel was part of the
See also
References
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- ^ Croot, Patricia. "Settlement and building from 1865-1900". A History of the county of Middlesex: Volume 12, Chelsea. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ "Sloane Square Hotel". Caterer and Hotelkeeper Magazine October 2006.
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- ^ Decharne, Max (2005). King’s Road: The Rise and Fall of the Hippest Street in the World. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 154.