Basic Site Details Name: | Bellevue Hotel | Town, district or village: | Dunbar | City or county: | East Lothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost: £12,000. Now in ruins following a fire
HOTEL, BELLE-VUE, DUNBAR - This building has just been erected at Dunbar. The hotel stands in about 2.5 acres of ground. Designed by Messrs Dunn and Findlay, architects, Edinburgh, the building, which has a frontage of 120 feet, is Scottish Baronial in style, the front being harled and faced with Dumfries stone. The main dining room, furnished in old oak, will be capable of accommodating about 100 persons, apart from a smaller dining room intended for day visitors particularly. A feature has also been made of the ladies drawing room, which is furnished in Chippendale. Apart from five or six separate suites of rooms, some of them on the ground floor, the house will contain fifty bedrooms. [Builder 5 June 1897 p516] | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Hotel | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1895 | c. 1899 | | | | 20 June 1897 | | Opened | | | February 1989 | | Destruction/demolition | Burnt |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | Dunn & Findlay | | A | 1895 | c. 1899 | | | James Bow Dunn | | A | 1895 | c. 1899 | | | James Leslie Findlay | | A | 1895 | c. 1899 | | | David Alston Beveridge | | A | c. 1899 | | As assistant to Dunn & Findlay |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Fleck, Mrs | |
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsChild StructuresThis structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details): | | Building Name | Notes | | Bellevue Hotel, Motor Car House | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RSA | 1896 | | | | 454 | | Statham, Craig | 2011 | Lost East Lothian | | Birlinn | pp148-151 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 5 June 1897 | | | p516 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 24844 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Dunn and Findlay Collection | | ELD/275/1-33 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | David Alston Beveridge: L v12 no732 (microfilm reel 33); James Bow Dunn: F v15 p131 no1006 (microfilm reel 11) |
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