Holland House, Cardiff
Holland House, formerly called Julian Hodge House, is a high-rise hotel on Newport Road near the centre of Cardiff, Wales. Originally an office block, the 60.3-metre-high (197.83 ft)[1] building has 15 floors and is the seventh tallest building in Cardiff.
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| Hotel chain | Mercure |
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| Type | Hotel |
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| Address | 24-26 Newport Road, Cardiff city centre CF24 0DD |
| Coordinates | 51.4836°N 3.1672°W |
| Completed | 1968 |
| Renovated | 2004 |
| Owner | AccorHotels |
| Height | 60.30 metres (197.83 ft) |
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| Number of rooms | 165 |
History
The building
The building was constructed in 1968 by the Welsh financier Julian Hodge (1904 –2004) and was named Julian Hodge House.[2] It was later called the Julian S. Hodge Building.[1]
The building was refurbished in 2003/4 for hotel use.[1][3] It underwent an alteration and refurbishment project on the existing concrete framed structure, including the destruction of an existing two-storey extension structure. The two-storey extension was 30 by 15 metres (98 ft × 49 ft) and was built on top of an existing basement car park area.[4]
Occupants
The building was built as an office block, its occupants included Lloyds TSB Bank.
In 2004 it became the Macdonald Holland House Hotel.[3] The hotel was run by Macdonald Hotels until 2007 when it was sold to AccorHotels to operate under the Mercure brand.[5]
In 2006, the exterior of the building was used as a hospital for the BBC television sci-fi drama series Torchwood, which was produced in Cardiff.[6]
Hotel facilities
Mercure Holland House and Spa is a 4-star hotel with 165 rooms. The hotel has a first floor restaurant and a lounge bar, an indoor swimming pool and seventeen meeting spaces.[7]
See also
Notes
- "Macdonald Holland House Hotel". Emporis. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- Mortimer, Dic (8 October 2014). Cardiff: The Biography. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-4456-4251-2.
- Skyscraper News | Macdonald Holland House
- Denver Construction Services | Project Details » Holland House Hotel (Cardiff) Archived March 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- Macdonald Hotels | Macdonald Hotels completes its hotel sale
- http://www.doctorwholocations.net/locations/newportroadlane Doctor Who locations | Newport Road Lane]
- Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel and Spa
