Burgh Island Hotel

at , Plymouth , TQ7 4 United Kingdom

<p>The <b>Burgh Island Hotel</b> is a hotel on <a href="/pages/w/105527849481448">Burgh Island</a>, <a href="/pages/w/107892202572420">Devon</a> in <a href="/pages/w/105955176103450">England</a>.</p><h2>History</h2><p>In the 1890s, the <a href="/pages/w/108819362475725">music hall</a> star <a href="/pages/w/186409931378836">George H. Chirgwin</a> built a prefabricated wooden house on the island, which was used by invited guests for weekend parties. The island was sold in 1927 to the filmmaker Archibald Nettlefold of <a href="/pages/w/112685738746792">Nettlefold Studios</a>, and the heir to the <a href="/pages/w/106271936075008">Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds</a> engineering firm, who built a more substantial hotel in the <a href="/pages/w/103119403062120">Art Deco</a> style, which became a popular destination in the 1930s. Additions were made through the 1930s, including a room created from the captain's cabin of the warship <a href="/pages/w/102624019792983">HMS Ganges (1821)</a>. The hotel is now a Grade II <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listed_Building" class="wikipedia">Listed Building</a></p><p>During <a href="/pages/w/109429592416229">World War II</a>, the hotel was used as a recovery centre for wounded RAF personnel. The top two floors of the hotel were damaged by a bomb during the conflict. Despite being repaired, it suffered a period of post war decline after being converted to self-catering apartment accommodation. The hotel was restored during the early nineties by Tony and Beatrice Porter.</p>

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Burgh Island Hotel

Plymouth TQ7 4
United Kingdom
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http://www.burghisland.com

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Burgh Island Hotel is Plymouth based place and this enity listed in Hotel category. TQ7 4.

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