The Glendorgal Hotel is in Newquay, Cornwall overlooking Porth Beach.
| Glendorgal Hotel | |
|---|---|
| Former names | Glendorgal House |
| Alternative names | The Glendorgal |
| General information | |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Address | Glendorgal Hotel Lusty Glaze Rd, Newquay TR7 3AD |
| Town or city | Newquay |
| Completed | 1850 (As private house) |
| Opened | 1950 (As a Hotel) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 26 |
| Website | |
| https://www.glendorgal.co.uk/ | |
History
editThe Glendorgal Hotel started as a seaside retreat in a cottage orné style, built by Francis Rodd IV of Trebartha in 1850.[1][2][3] It was sold to Arthur Pendarves Vivian who later bought a large swathe of Porth Beach and Trevelgue Head to go with the house.[4] Following a dispute with the architect Silvanus Trevail, who was planning a large new housing estate at Porth.[5] Vivian sold the house to the sitting tenant Sir Richard Trevithick Tangye in 1882, and it became the seat of the Tangye Baronetcy in 1912.[1][6][7] They changed its setting, making its grounds an 'integral' and 'picturesque' part of the wider setting of the house. After 1950 the house was converted into a seasonal hotel and restaurant.[1][3]
The original building was surrounded and partly over-built with later 20th century additions and its internal spaces reordered.[1]
In 1911 Glendorgal was visited by two royal Princes; Edward (Edward VIII) and Albert (George VI).[2] In 1918 the First World War came very close to the Glendorgal and tea parties were held on the veranda for injured soldiers.[2]
In 1950 Sir Richard Tangye's grandson, Nigel Tangye came into sole possession of the property and, with his wife Lady Marguerite Tangye, opened it as a summer season hotel and restaurant in 1950.[1][2][8]
References
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- ^ a b c d e Cornwall Council https://planning.cornwall.gov.uk/online-applications/files/42020676D3C0C87563EC22C7D2696000/pdf/PA19_09624-HERITAGE_AND_ARCHAEOLOGICAL_REPORT-4753382.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ a b c d "Glendorgal History". The Glendorgal Hotel, Newquay. Cornwall. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ a b Sheila, Harper (2013). Newquay Through Time. United Kingdom: Amberley Publishing. p. 30. ISBN 9781445613260.
- ^ Catalogue description Contract for sale and purchase. Francis Rodd of Trebartha Hall, esq., to Arthur... 31 May 1873.
- ^ Jaggard, Ed (1999). Cornwall Politics in the Age of Reform, 1790–1885. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. ISBN 978-0-86193-243-6.
- ^ Catalogue description BARONETS: Tangye of Glendorgal. 1912–1935.
- ^ Oliver, John Cardell (1884). Guide to Newquay and neighbourhood, including Perran, Bedruthen steps &c.
- ^ "Continental atmosphere": Hilton, Victor (1963) The Bide-a-while Book. Shaldon: Victor Hilton; pp. 53-54