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Seaside Hotels
by Karen Averby |
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ISBN Number:
978-1445675466
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 64
Publication Date: 2018
Publisher:
Amberley Publishing |
Grand
seaside hotels dominate Britain’s seaside resorts with bold,
large-scale buildings, often magnificent examples of the most
fashionable architectural style of the time. First emerging in the
eighteenth century, their golden age came in the second half of the
nineteenth, when a showpiece luxury hotel was a must-have for any
successful seaside resort. These imposing Grands, Royals and
Imperials, filled with every modern convenience of the period and
containing opulent restaurants and ballrooms, are fascinating
buildings that reflect the fortunes of those who built and visited
them throughout the years.
Karen Averby takes us through the rise, the fall and the modern-day
resurgence of the grand seaside hotel across the whole of the UK,
from their exclusive and luxurious nineteenth-century beginnings,
through their renaissance in the interwar years, decline in the
1970s as foreign package holidays became popular and their recent,
more accessible refurbished form today.
This book is part of the Britain’s Heritage series, which provides
definitive introductions to the riches of Britain’s past, and is the
perfect way to get acquainted with seaside hotels in all their
variety.
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