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((Short description|Hotel in Brighton, England))
((Use British English|date=July 2023))
((Use dmy dates|date=July 2023))
((Infobox hotel
  | hotel_name            = Royal Albion Hotel
  | image                 = Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton (IoE 294536).jpg
  | caption               = The eastern façade of the hotel
  | location              = 35 Old Steine, [[Brighton]], [[United Kingdom]]
  | coordinates           = ((coord|50.8197|-0.1373|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title))
  | pushpin_map           = United Kingdom Brighton 
  | pushpin_map_caption   = Location of the hotel within central Brighton
  | opening_date          = ((Start date|1826|08|05|df=y))
  | developer             = John Colbatch
  | architect             = [[Amon Henry Wilds]]
  | operator              = [[Britannia Hotels]]
  | owner                 = Britannia Hotels Ltd
  | number_of_restaurants = 1
  | number_of_rooms       = 195
  | floors                = 4
  | parking               = 0
  | website               = ((Official URL))
))

The '''Royal Albion Hotel''' (originally the '''Albion Hotel''') is a [[Star (classification)#Hotel ratings|3-star]] hotel, on the corner of Old Steine and Kings Road in [[Brighton]], [[England]]. Built on the site of a house belonging to [[Richard Russell (doctor)|Richard Russell]], a local doctor whose advocacy of [[Water cure (therapy)|sea-bathing and seawater drinking]] helped to make Brighton fashionable in the 18th century, it has been extended several times, although it experienced a period of rundown and closure in the early 20th century. A fire in 1998 caused serious damage, and the hotel was restored. However, another fire in 2023 seriously damaged the building to the extent that demolition of the western part of the building began on 19 July 2023.<ref name="B&HN-19072023">((cite web|url=https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2023/07/19/royal-albion-demolition-begins/|title=Royal Albion demolition begins|last=Wadsworth|first=Jo|date=19 July 2023|publisher=Brighton and Hove News|access-date=21 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721213923/https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2023/07/19/royal-albion-demolition-begins/|archive-date=21 July 2023|url-status=live))</ref>

The [[Classical architecture|Classical-style]] building is in three parts of different sizes and dates but similar appearances. Large [[pilaster]]s and columns of various [[Classical order|orders]] feature prominently. [[Amon Henry Wilds]], an important and prolific local architect, took the original commission on behalf of promoter John Colbatch. Another local entrepreneur, Harry Preston, restored the hotel to its former high status after buying it in poor condition. The building took on its present three-wing form in 1963. The original part of the building was [[Listed building|listed]] at Grade II* by [[English Heritage]] for its architectural and historical importance, and its western extension is listed separately at the lower Grade II.

==History==
===Beginnings===
The site itself is connected with the life and career of [[Richard Russell (doctor)|Richard Russell]], a doctor who advocated sea water as a cure of ailments. After Russell's death in 1759, Old Steine developed as the centre of fashionable life in Brighton.<ref name="EncB114">((Harvnb|Carder|1990|loc=§114.))</ref> Russell House, as it became known, was used as lodgings for visitors such as [[Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn|the Duke of Cumberland]], and later became an entertainment venue with activities such as a puppet theatre, a [[camera obscura]] and resident jugglers.<ref name="EncB164">((Harvnb|Carder|1990|loc=§164.))</ref><ref name="Musgrave216">((Harvnb|Musgrave|1981|p=216.))</ref>

In the 1820s, it passed to entrepreneur John Colbatch, who demolished it in 1823. The local authorities tried to arrange for the land to be kept as open space, but negotiations collapsed and Colbatch began planning the construction of a hotel.<ref name="EncB164"/><ref name="Musgrave216"/>

===Construction, success, disrepair===
[[File:Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton (West and Central Sections).jpg|thumb|right|The eastern section of 1826 (left) and its adjoining extension of the 1840s (right)]]
Colbatch commissioned young architect [[Amon Henry Wilds]], who began planning the hotel in 1822.<ref name="Musgrave216"/> Wilds, the son of [[Amon Wilds]] and an associate of [[Charles Busby (architect)|Charles Busby]], had been responsible for many building schemes in Brighton from about 1815, when he and his father moved their architectural practice to Brighton. Schemes already completed by 1822 included King's Road and [[Brighton Unitarian Church]].<ref name="Berry157">((Harvnb|Berry|2005|p=157.))</ref><ref name="Berry182">((Harvnb|Berry|2005|p=182.))</ref> The hotel was built on a corner site at the point where Old Steine met King's Road, and like Russell House the main façade faced away from the sea, towards Old Steine.<ref name="Antram69">((Harvnb|Antram|Morrice|2008|p=69.))</ref> The four-storey structure opened on 5 August 1826.<ref name="Musgrave216"/><ref name="EncB160">((Harvnb|Carder|1990|loc=§160.))</ref><ref name="BoB79">((Harvnb|Brighton Polytechnic. School of Architecture and Interior Design|1987|p=79.))</ref>

The venture was immediately successful, and a stylistically similar five-storey extension was added to the west in about 1847. At the same time, the name was changed from the Albion Hotel.<ref name="Antram69"/> Six years earlier, one of Brighton's most important cultural establishments was established in a ground-floor room: the Albion Rooms Literary and Scientific Institution combined the functions of library, lecture theatre and museum. The venture eventually became unsustainable, and the institution's members presented the accumulated books, artefacts and pictures to Brighton Corporation, the local authority. This led to the establishment of the [[Brighton Museum and Art Gallery]] and Brighton Library in the grounds of the [[Royal Pavilion]].<ref name="Musgrave216–217">((Harvnb|Musgrave|1981|pp=216–217.))</ref>

The hotel fell into disrepair in the late 19th century, and was closed in 1900. Harry Preston, owner of the nearby Royal York Hotel, bought it in 1913 for £13,500 (£((formatnum:((Inflation|UK|13500|1913|r=-3)))) in ((CURRENTISOYEAR))),((Inflation-fn|UK|df=y)) and quickly restored its fashionable reputation. The building was completely refurbished, additions were made, and well-known literary figures, artists and entertainers regularly stayed.<ref name="EncB160"/><ref name="Musgrave217">((Harvnb|Musgrave|1981|p=217.))</ref> The extensions carried out around this time, in the [[Edwardian architecture|Edwardian style typical of the period]], included a sea-facing lounge at the rear of the hotel, and were carried out by Brighton architectural firm [[Clayton & Black]].<ref name="Antram69"/> Started in the 1870s by Charles Clayton and Ernest Black and continued by their sons, this firm was one of Brighton's most prolific designers of public buildings and churches over the next 60 years.<ref name="Antram23">((Harvnb|Antram|Morrice|2008|p=23.))</ref>

In 1856, another hotel had been built west of the Royal Albion on land previously occupied by Williams's Royal Hot and Cold Baths, an indoor bath-house.<ref name="Musgrave201–202">((Harvnb|Musgrave|1981|pp=201–202.))</ref> The Lion Mansion Hotel was architecturally similar to the Royal Albion, and rose to four storeys.<ref name="Antram69"/><ref name="IoE476280">((NHLE|desc= Western wing of the Royal Albion Hotel, Grand Junction Road (north side), Brighton|num=1388280|year=2007|access-date=4 February 2010))</ref> It was later known as the Adelphi Hotel.<ref name="IoE476280"/> In 1963, it was taken over by the Royal Albion, and became physically linked to it as a west wing.<ref name="Antram69"/>

===1998 fire===
On the morning of 24 November 1998, the hotel was devastated by a fire which started in the kitchen. A chef was frying eggs and sausages in a pan; hot fat spilt and caught light,<ref name="Argus-Fire">((cite news|url=http://archive.theargus.co.uk/1998/11/25/199353.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505152637/http://archive.theargus.co.uk/1998/11/25/199353.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2013|title=Bangers and flash|date=25 November 1998|work=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|publisher=[[Newsquest|Newsquest Media Group]]|access-date=4 February 2010))</ref> and flames were immediately sucked up a vent to the top floor. The fire spread quickly, assisted by strong winds, and all 160 people in the building were evacuated.<ref name="Argus-Fire"/><ref name="BBC-Fire">((cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/221118.stm|title=Fire rips through hotel|date=24 November 1998|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=4 February 2010))</ref> The [[Public and Commercial Services Union]] had to cancel their annual conference, due to be held that day, because of the disruption caused to its delegates, most of whom were staying at the hotel.<ref name="BBC-Fire"/> About 160 firefighters from all parts of [[East Sussex|East]] and [[West Sussex]] attended the fire from about 8:20am until late in the evening, in what was later described as Brighton's "biggest firefighting operation for nearly 30 years".<ref name="Argus-Fire"/> All parts of the hotel were affected by smoke, water and structural damage, but the original corner building was particularly badly affected.<ref name="Argus-Fire"/>

===2023 fire===
[[File:Royal Albion Hotel 19-07-2023 (cropped).jpg|thumb|The hotel's west façade on 19 July 2023]]
On 15 July 2023, a fire broke out on the fourth floor on the hotel's western side. The [[East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service]] arrived at the scene at 5:24pm due to reports of smoke. The [[Old Steine]] and interlinking roads were closed with local bus services diverted. Smoke filled the area and by 7:02pm, people were advised to stay away due to health concerns and in case the building collapsed. At 8:30pm, the roof partially collapsed.<ref>((Cite news |last=Sherratt |first=Zac |date=15 July 2023 |title=LIVE: Updates on Brighton's Royal Albion Hotel fire |work=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]] |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23658173.live-updates-brightons-royal-albion-hotel-fire/ |access-date=15 July 2023))</ref> The fire continued to burn throughout the night. By 1:10pm the next day, the fire had reached the bottom floor. Concerns over [[asbestos]] being released were raised as the hotel collapsed.<ref>((Cite news |last=Sherratt |first=Zac |date=16 July 2023 |title=LIVE: Day two of Brighton's Royal Albion Hotel fire |work=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]] |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23658348.live-day-two-brightons-royal-albion-hotel-fire/ |access-date=17 July 2023))</ref> By 11:00am on 17 July, demolition crews had arrived, but were stopped due to complaints from a heritage group about preserving the [[Listed building|Grade II listed]] façade. At 5:40pm, the Old Steine was reopened.<ref>((Cite news |last=Nicholson |first=Savannah |date=17 July 2023 |title=LIVE: Day three of Brighton's Royal Albion Hotel fire |work=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]] |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23659168.live-day-three-brightons-royal-albion-hotel-fire/ |access-date=20 July 2023))</ref> Demolition of the gutted western side began on 19 July 2023,<ref name="B&HN-19072023" /> estimated to take two to three weeks to complete, but stopped two days later when more smoke was seen.<ref name="B&HN-21072023">((cite web|url=https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2023/07/21/demolition-halted-after-smoke-billows-from-wreck-of-royal-albion/|title=Demolition halted after smoke billows from wreck of Royal Albion|last=Wadsworth|first=Jo|date=21 July 2023|publisher=Brighton and Hove News|access-date=21 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721214121/https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2023/07/21/demolition-halted-after-smoke-billows-from-wreck-of-royal-albion/|archive-date=21 July 2023|url-status=live))</ref>  The [[A259 road]], which runs in front of the hotel, was closed for six weeks.  Repairs and further demolition were still ongoing at the end of August 2023.<ref name="B&HN-26082023">((cite web|url=https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2023/08/26/a259-brighton-seafront-road-reopens-eastbound-six-weeks-after-royal-albion-fire/|title=A259 Brighton seafront road reopens eastbound six weeks after Royal Albion fire|last=le Duc|first=Frank|date=26 August 2023|publisher=Brighton and Hove News|access-date=28 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826185433/https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2023/08/26/a259-brighton-seafront-road-reopens-eastbound-six-weeks-after-royal-albion-fire/|archive-date=26 August 2023|url-status=live))</ref> In October 2023, the East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said that the fire was likely caused by a discarded cigarette.<ref>((Cite news |date=2023-10-12 |title=Royal Albion Hotel fire caused by discarded cigarette |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-67089505 |access-date=2023-12-05))</ref>

==Architecture==
[[File:Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton (North Face).jpg|thumb|right|The three parts of the hotel, looking south. From left to right: [[Amon Henry Wilds]]'s 1826 building; the 1840s extension; and the former Lion Mansions Hotel (partly obscured).]]
In its most recent form, the Royal Albion Hotel is in three linked sections, all stylistically similar. The original (eastern) wing is four storeys tall and has five extremely large [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]] and [[Composite order|Composite columns]] on the north face. These are flanked on both sides by large [[pilaster]]s, which also run all round the east face.<ref name="Antram69"/><ref name="Pevsner446">((Harvnb|Nairn|Pevsner|1965|p=446.))</ref>  The top floor is an attic storey displaying Wilds's characteristic motif: shell designs set in blank rounded [[Tympanum (architecture)|tympana]].<ref name="Antram69"/><ref name="Pevsner446"/><ref name="HG294536">((cite web|title=Heritage Gateway Listed Buildings Online — The Royal Albion Hotel and attached walls, piers and railings, Old Steine (south side), Brighton|url=https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1043366&resourceID=5|access-date=4 February 2010|publisher=Heritage Gateway ([[English Heritage]], Institute of Historic Building Conservation and [[ALGAO|ALGAO:England]])|year=2006|work=Heritage Gateway website))</ref> Above this is a [[mansard roof]], now mostly obscured.<ref name="BoB79"/> The centre section, dating from about 1847, has three full storeys and two attic floors above, and is therefore taller.<ref name="HG294536"/> The façade has three [[Bay (architecture)|bays]]. The theme of large pilasters and columns continues, but different styles are used: the left and right bays project slightly and have paired [[Tuscan order|Tuscan pilasters]],<ref name="BoB79"/> and a pair of tapering [[Ionic order|Ionic columns]] in the centre bay form a [[distyle in antis]] composition.<ref name="Antram69"/><ref name="HG294536"/> The centre section also has a [[mansard roof]]—apparently a later addition.<ref name="BoB79"/> The western wing (the former Lion Mansions) has a [[Tuscan order|Tuscan-columned]] porch on the south (seafront) side and a [[Doric order|Doric-style]] equivalent facing north to Old Steine, four [[Composite order|Composite]] pilasters extending for three of the four storeys, small cast-iron balconies and some [[aedicula]]-style window surrounds.<ref name="IoE476280"/><ref name="Pevsner446"/>

==Present day==
The Royal Albion Hotel was [[Listed building|listed]] at Grade II* on 13 October 1952.<ref name="HG294536"/> Such buildings are defined as being "particularly important ... [and] of more than special interest".<ref name="EH2">((Cite web|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/listed-buildings/ |title=Listed Buildings |year=2010 |publisher=[[English Heritage]] |access-date=26 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126151823/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/listed-buildings |archive-date=26 January 2013 ))</ref> In February 2001, it was one of [[Grade II* listed buildings in Brighton and Hove|70 Grade II*-listed buildings and structures]], and one of 1,218 listed buildings of all grades, in the city of [[Brighton and Hove]].<ref name="IoEStats-ESx">((cite web|title=Images of England — Statistics by County (East Sussex) |url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/StatisticsPage/default.aspx?StatsCounty=EAST%20SUSSEX |work=[[Images of England]] |publisher=[[English Heritage]] |year=2007 |access-date=27 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023073747/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/StatisticsPage/default.aspx?StatsCounty=EAST%20SUSSEX |archive-date=23 October 2012 |url-status=dead ))</ref> The west wing (the former Lion Mansions) was listed at Grade II on 5 August 1999.<ref name="IoE476280"/> In February 2001, it was one of 1,124 buildings listed at that grade in Brighton and Hove;<ref name="IoEStats-ESx"/> the status indicates that the building was considered "nationally important and of special interest".<ref name="EH2"/>

The hotel is operated by [[Britannia Hotels]]. There were 208 guest rooms, one restaurant, two bars and five rooms for conferences and meetings.<ref name="BH-Hotel">((cite web|url=http://www.britanniahotels.com/hotels/brighton|title=Royal Albion Hotel Brighton|publisher=[[Britannia Hotels|Britannia Hotels Ltd]]|access-date=3 October 2014))</ref> Bedrooms were classified in four grades, from standard to deluxe.<ref name="BH-Rooms">((cite web|url=http://www.britanniahotels.com/hotels/brighton/rooms|title=Royal Albion Hotel Brighton: Bedroom Descriptions|year=2010|publisher=[[Britannia Hotels|Britannia Hotels Ltd]]|access-date=4 February 2010))</ref> It had a [[Star (classification)#Hotel ratings|3-star]] rating prior to the 2023 fire.<ref name="Hotels-Dot-Com">((cite web|url=http://www.hotels.com/ho192198/royal-albion-hotel-brighton-united-kingdom/|title=Royal Albion Hotel – Brighton|year=2002–2010|publisher=[[Hotels.com|Hotels.com L.P.]]|access-date=4 February 2010))</ref>

==Historical sketches and hotel guests==
The Albion was subject of a sketch by painter [[J. M. W. Turner]] (1775–1851) in 1834 during one of his coastal expeditions. By 1847, due to its frequent patronage by a number of distinguished visitors, it had changed its name to the Royal Albion and the Royal coat of arms was duly placed over the entrance.<ref name="EncB160" />

[[Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts]] (1814–1906), called "the richest heiress in England" by [[Thomas Raikes (dandy)|Thomas Raikes]],<ref name="DNB12">((cite DNB12 |wstitle=Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina |first=John Parker |last=Anderson |pages=259–266))</ref> a friend of [[Charles Dickens]] and the [[Duke of Wellington]], would regularly spend part of the year in the Royal Albion Hotel with her long-term companion, Hannah Brown.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://clancoutts.ning.com/page/angela-burdett-coutts-1|title = Angela Burdett-Coutts))</ref>

In February 1894, [[Oscar Wilde]] (1854–1900) stayed in a room overlooking the sea whilst working on his ''[[Poems in Prose (Wilde collection)|Poems in Prose]]'', the collective title of six prose poems published in July that year in ''[[The Fortnightly Review]]''.<ref name=":0" />

In 1906, Harry Preston (1860–1936), a fifty-year-old charismatic local figure in Brighton and friend of the [[Edward VIII|Prince of Wales]], bought the hotel and four years later carried out large scale alterations creating a roof garden which overlooked the Palace Pier. In the new refurbished hotel, [[Arnold Bennett]] (1867–1931) began writing part of his [[The Clayhanger Family|''Clayhanger'' trilogy]] while staying there in 1910. The same year, Frenchman [[Jean Louis Conneau|André Beaumont]] (1880–1937), in his Blériot monoplane, flew around the skies of Brighton, taking Preston as a passenger.<ref>((Cite web |title=1910: Harry's First Flight! |url=https://sirharrypreston.co.uk/timeline/1910-harrys-first-flight/ |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=Sir Harry Preston of Brighton |language=en-US))</ref> Afterwards, he hosted a banquet at the Royal Albion Hotel to celebrate the event. Preston, a former publican, had entered the hotel business around the turn of the century. Preston had a wonderful feel for publicity, and he wined and dined with the editors of the London newspapers, encouraging them to promote the town and his new hotel to visitors, especially motorists. Preston's wife Ellen died in 1913 and a year later he married Edith Collings, the Royal Albion's manageress.<ref name=":1">Maud Coleno's Daughter the Life of Dorothy Hartman 1898–1957, John Dann, Matador, 2017 ((ISBN|978 1785899 713)), p81-82</ref> Preston was knighted for his services to charitable causes in 1933, and his wife, Edith, was presented at Court the following year.<ref>((Cite web |title=1933: A Knighthood |url=https://sirharrypreston.co.uk/timeline/1933-a-knighthood/ |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=Sir Harry Preston of Brighton |language=en-US))</ref>

In the spring of 1919, the hotel entertained three aristocratic guests—two of whom signed the hotel's register as Sir David and "Lady Dorothy" Dalrymple of [[Newhailes House]].<ref name=":1" /> Away from the prying eyes of friends in London, the party-loving pair were enjoying an affair, but, unknown to them both, they were followed by an enquiry agent employed by Margaret, the "real" Lady Dalrymple, resulting in a divorce.<ref name=":0">Maud Coleno's Daughter: The life of Dorothy Hartman 1898–1957, John Dann, Troubador, 2107 pages 81–83</ref>

== See also ==
((Portal|Hotels))
*[[Grade II* listed buildings in Brighton and Hove]]
*[[Grade II listed buildings in Brighton and Hove: P–R]]

== Film location ==
* The hotel appears as the final location of the 1986 [[Neil Jordan]] film ''[[Mona Lisa (1986 film)|Mona Lisa]]'', starring [[Bob Hoskins]] and [[Cathy Tyson]].
* The hotel briefly appears in an episode of "Minder" starring [[George Cole (actor)|George Cole]] and [[Dennis Waterman]] where George Cole's character Arthur Daley is thrown out of the Hotel Lobby by the Doorman.

==References==

===Notes===
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===Bibliography===
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*((cite book|last=Berry|first=Sue|title=Georgian Brighton - Phillimore & Co|location=Chichester|year=2005|isbn=1-86077-342-7))
*((cite book|last=Brighton Polytechnic. School of Architecture and Interior Design|title=A Guide to the Buildings of Brighton|year=1987|publisher=McMillan Martin|location=Macclesfield|isbn=1-869865-03-0))
*((cite book|last=Carder|first=Timothy|title=The Encyclopaedia of Brighton|year=1990|publisher=East Sussex County Libraries|location=Lewes|isbn=0-86147-315-9))
* ((cite book |last=Dann | first=John|title=Maud Coleno's Daughter the Life of Dorothy Hartman 1898-1957|year=2017|publisher=Matador|isbn=978-1785899-713))
* ((cite book |last=Hall| first=Trevor H.|title=The Strange Case of [[Edmund Gurney]] |year=1964 |publisher=Gerald Duckworth & Co., London))
*((cite book|last=Musgrave|first=Clifford|title=Life in Brighton|year=1981|publisher=Rochester Press|location=Rochester|isbn=0-571-09285-3|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/lifeinbrightonfr0000musg))
*((cite book|last1=Nairn|first1=Ian|author1-link=Ian Nairn|last2=Pevsner|first2=Nikolaus|author2-link=Nikolaus Pevsner|title=The Buildings of England: Sussex|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|location=Harmondsworth|year=1965|isbn=0-14-071028-0))
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==External links==
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*((Official website|http://www.britanniahotels.com/hotels/brighton/ ))

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