An interior view of the Lounge within the newly-refurbished Hotel Metropole on Northumberland Avenue, looking up towards the plaster ceiling

Date:: Jun 1921 - Aug 1921

Location:: Hotel Metropole, Northumberland Avenue, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, Sw1

Reference:: BL25696

Type:: Photograph (Negative)

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Description

The Hotel Metropole was opened in 1885 as a luxury hotel in the heart of the capital. It was requisitioned as accommodation or government staff during World War One, re-opening as a hotel in 1921. This photograph documents the hotel's refurbishment at the time of the re-opening, and was commissioned by Harrods Limited, who almost certainly participated in the refurbishment.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Victorian Grand Hotel