Colonnade Hotel
{{short description|Hotel in London}}
{{otheruses|Colonnade Hotel (Seattle)}}
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| location = 2 Warrington Crescent
Little Venice
London W9 1ER
United Kingdom
| coordinates = {{coord|51.5243|-0.1846|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| opening_date = 1935
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| owner = Eton Collection
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| number_of_rooms = 43
| number_of_suites = 3
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| website = [https://www.colonnadehotel.london/ Colonnade Hotel]
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The Colonnade Hotel (previously known as The Esplanade hotel) is a 4-star London hotel with 43 rooms, of which three are suites.{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/west/hotels/the-colonnade-hotel/ | title=The Colonnade Hotel | newspaper=The Daily Telegraph | first=Simon | last=Horsford | accessdate=3 January 2020 }} The hotel is located opposite Warwick Avenue Underground station and Little Venice.
History
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The hotel started life as two private Victorian residences in 1865 before being turned into a boarding school in 1880. In 1886, it became the Warrington Lodge Medical and Surgery Home for Ladies.{{cite web| url=http://www.colonnadehotel.co.uk/our-history.html | title=History behind the Colonnade Hotel | publisher=The Colonnade Hotel | location=UK | accessdate=3 January 2019 }}
The mathematician Alan Turing was born there in 1912.{{cite web| url=http://www.turing.org.uk/turing/scrapbook/memorial.html | title=The Alan Turing Internet Scrapbook | accessdate=23 May 2013}} In 1935 the hospital was converted into The Esplanade Hotel.
Sigmund Freud stayed at the hotel during the summer of 1938 when he was renovating his house in Hampstead. To honour his stay the hotel renamed the best suite the "Sigmund Freud suite".{{Cite web |title=History of The Colonnade Hotel - Official Website |url=http://www.colonnadehotel.co.uk/our-history.html |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=The Colonnade Hotel |language=en}}
In 1944, the hotel was bought by the Cardenas family and its name was changed to the Colonnade Hotel. The hotel changed hands again in 1998 when it was purchased and renovated by the current owners, The Eton Collection.
Location
The hotel's postcode is W9 1ER. The nearest London Underground station is Warwick Avenue on the Bakerloo line.
Awards
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- Conde Nast Johanssens Award for Excellence 2002 – Most Excellent London Hotel
- Best Loved Hotels of the World – designated a Best Loved Hotel 2004
References
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External links
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- [https://www.colonnadehotel.london/ Colonnade Hotel website]
Category:1935 establishments in England
Category:Hotels established in 1935
Category:Residential buildings completed in 1865
Category:Hotels in the City of Westminster
Category:Grade II listed buildings in the City of Westminster