The Royal Hotel, the most prominent building in Llangollen, a hotel situated besides the River Dee in Llangollen, North Wales
The Royal is seen as far back as 1752 in a commercial directory, nobody is sure of it's original date of construction.
In 1832 Princess Victoria, the future queen, stayed at the King’s Head with her mother, the Duchess of Kent. Consequently it was renamed the King’s Head and Royal Hotel.
The First World War was a difficult time for Samuel Richard Johnson, proprietor of the Royal Hotel. Two sons were away on service, as were nine of the hotel’s 17 staff by December 1916, when he applied for the hotel manager, his son Samuel, to be exempted from service. This was refused. In 1917, Samuel suffered a serious illness and was operated on by military surgeons.
With three sons away, Mr Johnson applied in 1917 for hotel servant Evan David Edwards to be exempted from military service, but this was also refused. His son Private Phillip Johnson died of pneumonia at Bedford Military Hospital on 7 November 1918, aged 27, and is named on the town's war memorial, close to the hotel.
Recently, a planning permission was submitted to refurbish the building that includes a spa that will face out on the River Dee. The spa will have two plunge pools, a relaxation area, spa treatment rooms, a thermal sauna and salt rooms. Above the relaxation hotspot will be 11 additional hotel rooms.
to make space for the spa and new rooms, the hotel’s 1960s flat roof extension will be demolished.
renovations also are planned to change the layout of the hotel, adding a restaurant, bar and riverside bistro.
in total, the project amounts to a £6.5m investment, according to North Wales Live.
I'm not great at writing reports, but a lot of info can be found online about the place.
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Nikon D5200
12-24mm Nikon DX F2.8g
I didn't particularly try and get some photography in here seeing as I was in a rush, but who knows maybe i'll return with some added efforts.
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