Mystery Hotel 1912 ????????

[Paul E]

Hi Caz

Do you know when the current Victoria Hotel was built?

cheers

Paul

[knightstemplar]

I think 1889.  See below.

Sue

http://www.railwayarchive.org.uk/stories/pages.php?enum=LE119&pnum=2&maxp=4

[knightstemplar]

I thought there might be some building at the side of Victoria Station but the gradient is quite steep on most sides with the river on one side.  Been in local studies this after,  looked at loads of pubs and the buildings around Leopold St and Fargate. 

Also looked in the books further afield Rotherham, Doncaster, Chesterfield, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester still cant find it.  Each city had similar styled buildings though of that age, but Leeds and Manchester buildings were too big though.

Sue

[mich b]

I think the "flower" is a Fleur de Lys the Prince of Wales feathers. The sign over the door clearly says hotel. Could it be the Prince of Wales Hotel?

Michelle

[jaywit]

This one's a good way away from Sheffieldhttp://www.britanniahotels.com/hotel_home.asp?Page=134

[mich b]

Sheffield has a Prince of Wales Rd, Maybe there used to be a hotel of the same name on it? The Sheffield Family History would probably know.

Michelle

[Paul E]

Well, there's a Prince of Wales pub in Sheffield, and it must get the prize for the longest website address in history!

http://www.princeofwaleshotelandrestaurantrenishawsheffield.co.uk/

Wouldn't want to have to type that after too many vodkas!

However, the photos are all interior shots. 

cheers

Paul

Have modified URL

[mich b]

I tried the link but it's coming up blank.

Nothing new for me though. I'll Google search it.

Michelle

[J.J.]

Had a look through these old postcard images, but didn't see the building in any shots, although, my eyes would have missed the "in the distance" bldgs....
http://www.hedgerow.co.uk/images.php?class=nostalgic&cat=spc
Maybe we should ask if anyone on this site has seen that building in their photo files...

Also...& Maybe a dumb question...but ...I see names like this:
Station Hotel ( url no longer works, natch) - Website for the Station Hotel pub located in Treeton, Sheffield. or another says Renishaw, Sheffield....so if these are little outbranches of old towns absorbed by the city ( I have no idea what it means here, but that's how it is done in our city) Could there be a Buxton, Sheffield area?

  J.J.