Listed Building record MWX326 - The Gloucester Hotel, Weymouth

Gloucester Lodge, built for Duke of Gloucester in about 1780 as holiday home. Chosen in 1789 as a summer residence by George III. Much altered around the middle of the nineteenth century, and used as an hotel.

No 85 The Esplanade, Gloucester Row. (The Gloucester Hotel). The building incorporates Gloucester Lodge built for the Duke of Gloucester circa 1780. George III's choice of the house as a summer residence in 1789 led to the great expansion of the town as a resort. Considerably altered, especially circa 1850. <1-2>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 355 (Monograph). SDO150.

<2> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 453 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<3> Department of the Environment, 14 June 1974, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Borough of Weymouth and Portland 1974, 74 (Scheduling record). SWX1839.

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 1:1250, 1985 (Map). SWX1844.

Gloucester Hotel [NAT]

<5> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF112250 (Index). SDO14738.

Weymouth 210

<6> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF112999 (Index). SDO14738.

Seaside Project: Weymouth

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 867965 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 3 2022 7:24AM