Royal Horseguards Hotel

The Royal Horseguards Hotel is a London hotel situated in the area of Whitehall. It is operated by Guoman Hotels, a subsidiary of Thistle Hotels.

The Royal Horseguards Hotel
Whitehall Court
Hotel chain	Guoman Hotels
General information
Location	London, England
Address	2 Whitehall Court London SW1A 2EJ
Coordinates	51.5055°N 0.1244°W
Opening	1884, Building erected 1971, Converted to hotel 2008, Became a Guoman hotel
Owner	Thistle Hotels
Management	Guoman Hotels
Technical details
Floor count	9
Other information
Number of rooms	282
Number of restaurants	2
Website
TheRoyalHorseguards.co.uk

History

Whitehall Court as seen from South Bank.

The building is the centre section of Whitehall Court which was designed by Thomas Archer and A. Green and constructed as a block of luxury residential apartments in 1884.[1] The building's construction was the centrepiece of an elaborate pyramid scheme for fraud by the Liberal MP and property developer Jabez Balfour, through the Liberator Building Society which he controlled. In 1892 the Society collapsed, leaving thousands of investors penniless. Instead of advancing money to home buyers, the Society had advanced money to property companies to buy properties owned by Balfour, at a high price.[2][3] It achieved its listed building status due to its architecture, which is modelled on a French chateau.[1]

The centre section of Whitehall Court was converted to a hotel in 1971 and acquired by Guoman Hotels in 2008.[4] It underwent a £20 million refurbishment at that time.[4]

Media appearances

The World Branding Awards was held at One Whitehall Place, the events building of the Royal Horseguards Hotel, in 2014.[5]

Location

The hotel is in Central London, just off the Embankment and Whitehall and near Trafalgar Square. The nearest tube station is Embankment and the nearest railway station is Charing Cross.[6]

References

1. Historic England. "Whitehall Court (1266894)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
2. Youssef Cassis, City Bankers, 1890-1914, Cambridge University Press (1994), page 164.
3. John Briggs, Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History, Routledge (1996), page 227.
4. "A top spot for a capital stay". Manchester Evening News. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
5. "Asian Brands Honoured at the 2014 World Branding Awards". Yahoo Finance. Yahoo. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
6. "Charing Cross Station". Google Maps. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

External links

• The Royal Horseguards, London: Hotel Watch" The Telegraph, August 2009