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Granville House, former Granville Hotel – Listed Grade II |
| The centre piece of Edward Pugin’s ill-fated St Lawrence-on-Sea development. Originally a terrace of 11 sea-facing houses and later converted and extended to form a hotel. This development, together with other terraces – notably 3-11 Albert Road (listed Grade II) and Artillery Road – were the prime cause of EW Pugin’s bankruptcy in 1873. The hotel was later developed by Edmund Davis, one time developer of Westgate, who added the Theatre, Turkish baths, gardens and Granville Marina – the hotel’s beach resort. Davis also had erected the statue to EW Pugin (listed Grade II) in front of the hotel. The south west corner of the Granville Hotel was damaged during WW2 (excellent photograph on Michael Child’s blog) and has subsequently rebuilt. A substantial part of the former hotel was demolished, despite protests from the Victorian Society, in 1979. |
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Grade II*: particularly significant buildings of more than local interest.
Grade II: buildings of special architectural or historic interest.