The Royal Pier Hotel is a Grade II listed building located in Clevedon

Clevedon

Clevedon is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset, which covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset, England...

, North Somerset

North Somerset

North Somerset is a unitary authority in England. Its area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset but it is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county. Its administrative headquarters is in the town hall in Weston-super-Mare....

, England.

History

The Royal Pier Hotel was built in 1823 by Thomas Hollyman, and originally called The Rock House. In 1868, the building was expanded by local architect Hans Price

Hans Price

Hans Price was the architect responsible for much of the development of Weston-super-Mare, in North Somerset, England, during the Victorian era.-Life:Hans Fowler Price was born in Langford, Somerset. He studied under Thomas Barry in Liverpool...

 and renamed Rock House & Royal Pier Hotel, later shortened to Royal Pier Hotel. Since its closure in October 2001, the building has fallen into disrepair. In the same year, huge public uproar saved the Hotel from demolition. In May 2003, one end of the Hotel was ruined in a fire, and despite numerous planning applications to turn the building into flats, it remains derelict.

Future

In 2009, local town councilor David Shopland called for its Grade II listed status to be removed so that planning applications would be easier, and to make the site more attractive to developers, but this suggestion was rejected.

Location

The hotel is situated upon the cliffs of Clevedon's seafront, next to the Clevedon Pier

Clevedon Pier

Clevedon Pier is a seaside pier in the town of Clevedon, on the English side of the Severn Estuary. It is situated next to the Royal Pier Hotel....

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