Scarborough Spa & The Grand Hotel.
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Disasters that befell the spa in the 1800s were countered by stylish new buildings and facilities showing its importance and popularity. In 1827, the Cliff Bridge opened, improving access, and was a foretaste of ambitious plans. The Gothic Saloon designed by Henry Wyatt opened in 1839 and had a concert hall, a garden, promenade and external area for orchestral concerts. By the time it opened, the Gothic Saloon, an impressive turreted building, was too small.
Joseph Paxton, the landscape gardener and architect responsible for the grounds of Chatsworth House, designed the complex that opened in 1858. It comprised a central assembly hall with adjoining galleries and outside, the sea wall was extended to encompass a double promenade and carriage road, a colonnade with shops, an open air bandstand and the prospect tower. The Spa became the most popular music hall venue outside London. In 1875, the first cliff tram in England was built to provide additional access; it remains in use today.
On 8 September 1876, the Spa saloon was destroyed by fire,[4] but no time was lost in rebuilding it and by June 1879, the new Grand Hall was open to the public, with the formal opening ceremony taking place on 2 August 1880.
By the 1880s, the importance of music and entertainment was beginning to surpass interest in the spa waters. Their chemical composition altered over the years, and public consumption ceased in the late 1960s. Current health and safety legislation prohibits public access to what remains of the well, which is located beneath the island, opposite the shops.
The Grand Hotel.
Detail of one of the hotel's four towers
The hotel was designed by the Hull architect Cuthbert Brodrick, who was better known as the designer of several Leeds buildings, and when completed in 1867 was one of the largest hotels in the world, as well as one of the first giant purpose-built hotels in Europe. The hotel's yellow (also referred to as tawny) brickwork was made locally in Hunmanby and is complemented with traditional red brickwork around the windows. The architectural sculpture was executed by Burstall and Taylor of Leeds.
The building is designed around the theme of time: four towers to represent the seasons, 12 floors for the months of the year, 52 chimneys symbolise the weeks, and originally there were 365 bedrooms, one for each day of a non-leap year. Following the renovation the room count was reduced to 280. The hotel itself is in the shape of a 'V' in honour of Queen Victoria. The hotel's peak was arguably during Victorian times, when wealthy holidaymakers made up the establishment's clientele. As Scarborough was a spa town, the building's baths originally included an extra pair of taps, so guests could wash in seawater as well as fresh
History
Construction began in 1863 and was completed in 1867, at a cost of over £100,000. At the time, it was the largest brick building in Europe. The first manager was M. Augustus Fricour, who had previously been in charge at the Hotel Mirabeau in Paris. The grand opening was on 24 July 1867.
From 1887, the hotel forged a link with the local annual cricket festival (Scarborough Festival), and allowed guests attending the exclusive use of the old dining room. The connection was extended to the cricket ground in the late 1940s, when staff from the hotel would serve food and drink to the players.
The hotel was badly damaged on 16 December 1914, during a raid on the town by the German Navy. The bombardment, by the battlecruisers Derfflinger and Von der Tann, accompanied by the light cruiser Kolberg, began soon after 8 a.m. and it was reported that the hotel was hit at least 30 times.
In 1939, the hotel became the home to RAF trainees and the corner cupolas housed anti-aircraft guns. Following the Iranian Embassy siege in 1980, the hotel was used in a covert training exercise by the SAS in preparation for other anticipated terrorist incidents.
The hotel now caters towards the budget end of the spectrum. The hotel was bought by Butlins, the company better known for its holiday camps, in 1978 and was run as an inexpensive choice of accommodation. In November 2004, the hotel was purchased by Britannia from Grand Leisure Group.
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Afternoon Steve excellent flight of Scarborough only been once absolutely beautiful 😂Thank You for sharing 💋❤️
Hi Gopro great comment thank you, its been a long time since my last visit so glad i went.👍👍.
Such an awesome location and lovely architecture. Nice smooth drone shots and well chosen flight plans. Great video, Steve. 🤘👌
Morning hdi4eva thank you for your support it's appreciated,👍👍🙏
Iconic Steve - a grand hotel indeed - well shown! Loved the toip down at around 3.30mins.
Cheers Starshipwonaprice, been wanting to capture Scarborough for ages, thanks for watching 👍👍
Awesome mate 👍 I was there last year it’s great in the golden hour
Mavic cheers for watching, we just went for fish and chips 😁, it's been years since our last visit to Scarborough well before drones were around, just glad I managed to get a bit of footage 👍👍
Afternoon Steve, hope your well mate. Another superb quality video as always! What a beautiful building, with stunning views too! Nice smooth footage, big like from me, keep them coming! Have a great weekend! 👌👍
Evening Jason, cheers for the great comments it's appreciated, hope you managed to get out to fly, this will be my last of for ten days, Wednesday were off to Tenerife so no videos for a while, I'll keep checking when your next one is released👍👍.
@@Steve53 good evening Steve, your welcome mate, it was an enjoyable video and excellent quality as usual! I’ve been mad busy with work so struggled this week but will be getting out over the weekend , just out a little short out this week for now, got plenty of ideas for new videos though! Oh brilliant well I hope you have a fantastic holiday, be nice to get away and relax, il definitely look out for you next one too once you get back. Thankyou so much , I will have one out whilst you’re away, have a great time ! 🙂👍
fantastic Steve beautiful footage and brilliant bit of flying mate 😍
Thanks Jim, we haven't been to Scarborough for at least 14 so it was a chance to get some footage 👍
@@Steve53 Same been a long time since I visited the area 👍
Cracking footage mate
Cheers Johnny, thanks for watching and support 👍👍.
I love a bit of Scarborough one of my favourite places and want to tick off the bucket list when I get round to it love the fly around the Grand Hotel. Nice smooth flying. I’d love to capture the rough seas around the headland and North Bay.
Thanks Andy for watching 👍, You should Andy, by the time I'd completed the two flights and something to eat the parking time was running out, I would have liked to capture the castle maybe next time, still it was a good day's flying 👍👍.
Looks impressive
Cheers for the comment it's appreciated 👍.
Great video.
Thanks Simon it's appreciated, I'll check in on your channel to see what's new 👍👍.
@@Steve53 any time and thank you too. Most appreciated. Nothing much though im afraid. Hoping to get more as the weather gets better.
Great shots from above it was the Grand Hotel that started off my channel over 6 years ago
Hi many thanks for watching, I wanted to just send you the footage of the grand but WeTransfer keeped saying an error has occurred, I hope you're ok Dave.
@Steve53 it's also amazing steve to see the spa from above as I've also done a lot of research in to this complex and the various building that were there before the Spa.