First report on this forum for me and I believe the first report of this hotel. Its nice to explore a place that's relatively untouched and not completely trashed. I've driven past this site many times over the last few years and have always wanted to explore it but always seen active security with dogs.
Some history about the hotel;
Surrey
I stole this photo as it was pissing it down while we were there.
There are two sections to the hotel - The old pub dating back to the 1500's and the new part which housed all of the bedrooms and function rooms.
The Chequers pub at the front is the public bar of this large 104 room hotel. This attractive bar dates from 1537 when it was a beer house for the village. It later became a coaching inn for a change of horses on the London to Brighton run.
The hotel closed suddenly with the loss of about 50 jobs.
The Menzies' Chequers Hotel, in Bonehurst Road, closed without notice when it could not be sold after parent company Menzies Hotel Group went into administration.
The Chequers could not be saved and staff and guests suddenly found themselves with nowhere to go.
The Explore;
We weren't planning on going in the building but just wanted to have a look around and find a way in for another day (hence the iphone pictures). After walking the perimeter we saw that there were lights on inside the old office near reception. We found a couple of potential ways in until we found a pretty obvious and easier way... We decided to just go for it as we hadn't seen any security (apart from their van out the front). The first thing we saw was the security companies first aid box sitting on the reception desk. We were unsure at this moment if their were any security inside the hotel so we were very quiet. We explored the hotel section first. Visited with Domf and Dis4bledDve.
Reception area
Rear reception offices (used by security company)
New section
Kitchen/staff room
Pub end of hotel
Cheers
Some history about the hotel;
Surrey
I stole this photo as it was pissing it down while we were there.
There are two sections to the hotel - The old pub dating back to the 1500's and the new part which housed all of the bedrooms and function rooms.
The Chequers pub at the front is the public bar of this large 104 room hotel. This attractive bar dates from 1537 when it was a beer house for the village. It later became a coaching inn for a change of horses on the London to Brighton run.
The hotel closed suddenly with the loss of about 50 jobs.
The Menzies' Chequers Hotel, in Bonehurst Road, closed without notice when it could not be sold after parent company Menzies Hotel Group went into administration.
The Chequers could not be saved and staff and guests suddenly found themselves with nowhere to go.
The Explore;
We weren't planning on going in the building but just wanted to have a look around and find a way in for another day (hence the iphone pictures). After walking the perimeter we saw that there were lights on inside the old office near reception. We found a couple of potential ways in until we found a pretty obvious and easier way... We decided to just go for it as we hadn't seen any security (apart from their van out the front). The first thing we saw was the security companies first aid box sitting on the reception desk. We were unsure at this moment if their were any security inside the hotel so we were very quiet. We explored the hotel section first. Visited with Domf and Dis4bledDve.
Reception area
Rear reception offices (used by security company)
New section
Kitchen/staff room
Pub end of hotel
Cheers
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getting refurbished
