"of Harrogate, which are major conference destinations. Harrogate is the home of Yorkshire Tea, exported by Taylors of Harrogate, as well as internationally exported Harrogate Spring Water. The town also exports Farrah's Toffee, Harrogate Blue cheese and Debbie & Andrews Harrogate sausages. The Great Yorkshire Showground is the hub of the regional agricultural industry, hosted by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society. The Great Yorkshire Show, Countryside Live and the twice yearly Harrogate Flower Shows take place there annually. The many business visitors to Harrogate sustain a number of large hotels, some originally built for visitors to the Spa. Harrogate's main shopping"
"Travellers Rest, Alpraham The Travellers Rest is a public house at Alpraham, near Tarporley, in Cheshire, England. It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. It was built in about 1850 and extended in 1937, and the interwar interior remains largely unchanged. This pub has been in the same family since 1900. It has a bowling green which opened in 1921. It used to have a café (opened early 1950s, closed 1989) which catered for coach traffic, mainly in the summer. It was used by Barton Transport of Nottingham as the refreshment halt on"
"Belmont, Harrow Belmont is an area of the London Borough of Harrow. The area is named after the mound, constructed in the early 18th century by ""Henry James Brydges"" - Earl of Carnarvon and first Duke of Chandos. He had a summer house built atop the mound for the wonderful view. The mound, or mount, is now the Stanmore Golf Course. Belmont is a suburban residential district and was formerly served by Belmont station, on a railway single-line branch running from Harrow & Wealdstone station to Stanmore Village railway station. The line was known locally as The Rattler, a term"
"their Nottingham to Llandudno express coach service. Travellers Rest, Alpraham The Travellers Rest is a public house at Alpraham, near Tarporley, in Cheshire, England. It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. It was built in about 1850 and extended in 1937, and the interwar interior remains largely unchanged. This pub has been in the same family since 1900. It has a bowling green which opened in 1921. It used to have a café (opened early 1950s, closed 1989) which catered for coach traffic, mainly in the summer. It was used by Barton Transport"
"Harvey Gammage. It was purchased by a series of owners over the next two decades, until 1997 when Nick and Peggy Sorise purchased it. During the Fenton Hotel's history, it served the travelling public and the local community, with space for wedding receptions and other celebrations. Although the upper guest rooms have been closed to the public since the mid-twentieth century, the restaurant in the building still operates. As of 2018, the restaurant operates as the Fenton Hotel Tavern & Grille. In 1865, J. R. Mason constructed the Fenton Grain Elevator on a site opposite the hotel. The elevator was"
"Belmont House and Gardens Belmont is a Georgian house and gardens in Throwley, near Faversham in east Kent. Built between 1769 and 1793, it has been described as ""a marvellous example of Georgian architecture that has remained completely unspoilt"". The house is famous for the most extensive private collection of clocks in England. There was no house or estate on the site until the land was bought in 1769 by Edward Wilks, store-keeper of the Royal Powder Mills at Faversham. It was designed by the architect Samuel Wyatt. The original house still stands as a wing of the present building."
"Street, is the birthplace of the original ""York Ham"" and the reason why the premises became famous. Each September since 1997, York has held an annual Festival of Food and Drink. The aim of the festival is to spotlight food culture in York and North Yorkshire by promoting local food production. The Festival attracts up to 150,000 visitors over 10 days, from all over the country. In the centre of York, in St Helen's Square, there is the York branch of Bettys Café Tea Rooms. Bettys' founder, Frederick Belmont, travelled on the maiden voyage of the ""Queen Mary"" in 1936."
"through the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. In 1953 it was closed, as the rail tourism business declined in favor of automobile-borne tourism. In 1954 the Tea House and other CP properties were sold to Brewster and Ford Mountain Lodges Ltd., who reopened the Tea House in 1959. In 1969, Parks Canada proposed the demolition of the Tea House, citing poor repair and the absence of utilities. The seasonal proprietor, Fran Drummond, who had operated the Tea House since 1962, mounted a letter-writing campaign and gained support in the press, staving off demolition, and instigating repairs in the 1970s. In 1972"
"Belmont (and later The Spanish Arch) pub is now 'Funky B, a bar/restaurant serving authentic Indian food. Just off the Circle, Belmont Community Hall hosts local activities, events and a regular jumble sale. In the 2011 census, the largest ethnic group in Belmont ward was Indian (34%), followed by White British (30%). Belmont, Harrow Belmont is an area of the London Borough of Harrow. The area is named after the mound, constructed in the early 18th century by ""Henry James Brydges"" - Earl of Carnarvon and first Duke of Chandos. He had a summer house built atop the mound for"
"recordings have been released. The musical has also been performed on BBC radio, first broadcast in 1975. Valmouth Valmouth is a 1919 novel by British author Ronald Firbank. Valmouth is an imaginary English spa resort that attracts centenarians owing to its famed pure air. The town's name evokes actual seaside towns in the southwest peninsula of Britain, such as Falmouth, Dartmouth, Teignmouth, Exmouth and Weymouth. The novel's plot concerns, among other things, the effects of a black woman and her niece moving into a spa resort inhabited by wealthy centenarians. The ironic novel is about eroticism and exoticism in the"
"Helmont House Helmont House is a high-rise hotel and office tower in Cardiff, Wales. Completed in 1984, the building has 12 floors and is the 12th-tallest building in Cardiff. The building was renovated in 2009 into a 200-room Premier Inn hotel. The building was previously occupied by British Gas and was one of the largest office buildings in Cardiff, and is yards away from Cardiff Queen Street railway station. When British Gas was privatised in 1986, fewer than 600 people were employed in the Cardiff office. In 1998 the Cardiff regional headquarters became the National Sales Centre for Britain. Prior"
"The Orchard (tea room) The Orchard is a tea room and tea garden in Grantchester, near Cambridge, serving morning coffee, lunches and afternoon teas. Since opening in 1897, it has been a popular retreat for Cambridge students, teachers and tourists, as well as locals, with many famous names among its patrons. The Orchard is open every day of the year (with the exception of some days around Christmas) from 9:30 to 17:00, and can be reached both by road and punt. The history of The Orchard started in 1897 (the orchard itself was first planted in 1868) when a group"
"Valmouth Valmouth is a 1919 novel by British author Ronald Firbank. Valmouth is an imaginary English spa resort that attracts centenarians owing to its famed pure air. The town's name evokes actual seaside towns in the southwest peninsula of Britain, such as Falmouth, Dartmouth, Teignmouth, Exmouth and Weymouth. The novel's plot concerns, among other things, the effects of a black woman and her niece moving into a spa resort inhabited by wealthy centenarians. The ironic novel is about eroticism and exoticism in the milieu of quaint but lewd old British ladies at the fictional spa. The novel is noted for"
"New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. Victoria Inn Victoria Inn is a heritage-listed former hotel and restaurant at 20-22 Jellore Street, Berrima, Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as Queen Victoria Inn and Allington. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. The inn was built by Joseph Levy, an ex-convict turned prominent businessman, and was first licensed in 1840, operating as both an inn and brewery. Philip Solomon was the initial licensee. There is evidence in an early painting that the building once had"
"employers in the area include Dunnes Stores, NowDoc, Jungle King and ""The Hide Out Bar"" (""Oldtown Inn""), which was established in the 19th century. The pub was redeveloped in 2008 and was awarded the most improved public house by the then Minister for the Environment, John Gormley. However, the new owner John G. Larkin, has links with Dessie Larkin, the Fianna Fáil mayor and councillor (Gormley was in coalition with Fianna Fáil at this time). Golfing facilities opened in 1913 on a 47 acre (190,000 m2) 9 hole course at Crievesmith. The course was sold in 1965 for £3000 and"
"the town's main tourist attractions including the Royal Pump Room, Royal Baths and Royal Hall, as well as the Town Hall. Hall M of the Harrogate International Centre fronts onto Crescent Gardens. The town has several smaller parks and gardens, including The Softpot Garden at Grove House, the Jubilee Gardens and Victoria Gardens on the eastern side of central Harrogate. On 11 January 1900, Harrogate Grand Opera House, now Harrogate Theatre opened with a charity gala in aid of British soldiers fighting the Boer War in South Africa followed on 13 January 1900 by Mr J Tully’s pantomime, “Dick Whittington”."
"Belmond Charleston Place Belmond Charleston Place is a hotel in the historic centre of Charleston, South Carolina. It was built in a style to fit with the architecture of surrounding 1800s buildings and opened on September 2, 1986. Works by prominent artists are found throughout the hotel. Some of the guest rooms’ wood floor foyers were stencilled by the local artisan, Karl Beckwith Smith III. The “Quadriga” sculpture in the fountain at the front entrance (between Meeting and Hasell Street) is by John W. Mills, a member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and the Royal Society of Arts."
"Upstairs, the café focuses on traditional 'comfort' food. In 2015, the venue passed under the ownership of Giles McNamee. The Troubadour, London The Troubadour at 263–267 Old Brompton Road in Earls Court, established in 1954, is one of the last remaining coffee houses of its era in London and although it has expanded over the years to incorporate the two buildings either side the original, the original coffee house remains relatively unchanged since its opening, with the cellar venue renowned as one of the primary venues of the British folk revival in the late 1950s and 1960s. Other notable coffee"
"by the local Tollemache family (of brewing fame) in 1902, the hotel was lavishly equipped with tennis courts, winter gardens, a putting course, croquet lawns and a squash court. Hugely popular when Felixstowe was a resort by the 1930s it was in decline and sold to Fisons in 1952. Visitors included Kaiser Wilhelm in 1891 and in later post GER days, Wallis Simpson and Fred Perry. In the 1980s the building - then named Harvest House – was converted to apartments. This was opened in 1865 and, although well-equipped and furnished, struggled to make a profit (especially after Parkeston Quay"
"Paragon Cafe, Katoomba The Paragon Cafe is a heritage-listed restaurant located at 63-69 Katoomba Street, Katoomba in the City of Blue Mountains local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by George Nedwton Kenworthy, Henry White, Otto Steen and Harry & Ernest Sidgreaves and built from 1909 to 1940. It is also known as Paragon Restaurant or simply The Paragon. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 5 March 2015. Prior to European settlement the Blue Mountains was the home of many autonomous Aboriginal groups who lived and moved around the region."
"ties, and the passenger cars. The railway was started by Zalmon G. Simmons, inventor and founder of the Simmons Beautyrest Mattress Company. The company was founded in 1889 and limited service to the Halfway House Hotel was started in 1890. On June 30, 1891, the first train reached the summit. A number of steam locomotives were built for the line by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, all rack-only locomotives with steeply inclined boilers to keep them level on the average 16% grades. Operating steam locomotives on such a line was back-breaking work and expensive, so when more modern forms of traction"
"work at the hotel as a waitress. The Esplanade Hotel was the home of wealthy philanthropist and National Gallery of Victoria benefactor Alfred Felton from 1892 until his death in 1904. The hotel also hosted many famous visitors, including Mark Twain in the 1880s, and actress Sarah Bernhardt in 1920. Esplanade Hotel (Melbourne) Hotel Esplanade is a five level seaside pub located on St Kilda’s Esplanade. It features two restaurants, The Espy Kitchen and Mya Tiger, three live music stages including the iconic Gershwin Room, a whopping twelve bars, and is a significant landmark of St Kilda. It is commonly"
"a politician and the leader of the temperance movement in Victoria, who famously burnt the hotel's liquor licence in public and operated the hotel as a coffee palace, now renamed the ""Grand Coffee Palace"". The building was soon more than doubled in size in 1888, by adding the central section and the north wing, matching the original building, the now internal north wing, and extending the rear wing, all designed again by Charles Webb. Notable features of the expanded hotel included the ballroom, the impressive main staircase, the distinctive twin mansard roofed towers in the Second Empire style, and the"
"Loreto Convent, Claremont Loreto Convent was a Catholic convent which operated as a girls' school in Claremont, Western Australia between 1901 and 1976. In 1894, businessman James Grave built the Osborne Hotel on a cliff-top in Claremont. Considered to be Perth's finest hotel, it had panoramic views of the Indian Ocean and Swan River and included a tower and raised turrets and was surrounded by two acres (0.8 ha) of landscaped gardens. In 1898 Graves found himself ""financially embarrassed"" and sold the hotel to William Dalgety Moore. The property was purchased by the Catholic Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary"
"Place. Belmond Charleston Place Belmond Charleston Place is a hotel in the historic centre of Charleston, South Carolina. It was built in a style to fit with the architecture of surrounding 1800s buildings and opened on September 2, 1986. Works by prominent artists are found throughout the hotel. Some of the guest rooms’ wood floor foyers were stencilled by the local artisan, Karl Beckwith Smith III. The “Quadriga” sculpture in the fountain at the front entrance (between Meeting and Hasell Street) is by John W. Mills, a member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and the Royal Society of"
"Darling Streets East Balmain, now Oddfellows Hall, until 1910, when it lapsed. In 2000 it became a trattoria and café, currently called Ciao Thyme. Albion Hotel, Balmain The Albion Hotel is a former pub in the suburb of Balmain, in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is currently operated as a trattoria, café and private residence: The pub was built in 1860 on the corner of Darling and Ann Streets to cater for workers from nearby Mort Bay. In 1876 the building became a grocery, perhaps due to the competition of the"
"Catamount Tavern The Catamount Tavern was a tavern in Old Bennington, Vermont, United States. Originally known as Fay’s House, it is marked now by a granite and copper statue placed in 1896. It was built 1769 and burned in 1871. During the tavern's 102 years of existence, it was the site of many important events in Vermont's colonial and revolutionary history. It was, for instance, the site of the public hanging of New York grantee and member of the Queen's Rangers, David Redding. Arrested for horse-theft, he managed to escape while being transported to Albany, New York. But he was"
"Bedford, when he was invited to commemorate the commencement of construction for the Newcastle–Bolgart Railway. The adjoining shop built by Davey eventually became part of the hotel. Prior to this it was utilised as a hairdressing salon, tobacconist, news agency, chemist, photographer's establishment and SP betting shop. It was also a Ladies Club before it was incorporated into the hotel to become the saloon bar. Freemasons Hotel (Toodyay) Freemasons' Hotel is a historic building on Stirling Terrace in Toodyay, Western Australia. It was built for William Tregoning, and originally licensed in 1861 as the ""Newcastle Hotel"". In 1977 the building"
"and actor Anthony Perkins (who was arrested at the hotel in 1989 after a package of cannabis he'd posted to himself was inadvertently given to another guest). Glamorgan County Cricket Club was founded at a meeting in the hotel in 1888. Until 1967 the club played home matches at Cardiff Arms Park, near the hotel. The hotel is close to the rugby union grounds at Cardiff Arms Park and the Millennium Stadium, and was popular with visiting teams. In 1972 there was an incident following a match between the touring New Zealand All Blacks and Wales in which New Zealander"
"the early 1920s. They became friends and the architect promised to name a street in the new estate after him, as well as one after the name of the Hotel. Other significant dates: Between 1912 and 1926 the suburb was serviced by the Belmont Tramway, which was a steam tram service that connected with the Queensland Government Railway owned and operated Cleveland railway line at Norman Park. Initially the service was operated by the Belmont Shire Council. The service was suspended in 1924. The service was reinstated by the Brisbane City Council in 1925, but was again suspended in 1926."
"designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The famous Tea Rooms first opened in 1903 and are of huge importance to Glasgow’s architectural and cultural heritage and are the only surviving Tea Rooms designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for local entrepreneur and patron Miss Kate Cranston. Over the years and through various changes of ownership and use, the building had deteriorated until it was purchased in 2014 by The Willow Tea Rooms Trust in order to prevent the forced sale of the building, closure of the Tea Rooms and loss of its contents to collectors. For the last 4 years it has"
"Alpine Hotel The Alpine Hotel dates from 1914 and was built as a home of a British tea planter. Later it was bought by the Dodampa Gamage family, who rented out the rooms to visitors. Now a hotel, it retains the old colonial charms and its architecture is one of the few lasting proofs of the bygone British Era. The hotel has 30 rooms, a restaurant, billards room, a bar and two lounges and a coffee shop. In 2006 the Alpine Hotel won the 'Star Award' for the best performing anthropometry in the Central Province under the large scale service"
". Riverview Hotel, Balmain The Riverview Hotel is an heritage-listed pub located in Balmain, a suburb in the inner west region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Australian swimming champion, Dawn Fraser, was publican of the Riverview from 1978 to 1983. Between 1888 and 1913 the pub was named ""Bergin's Hotel"" after the publican Joseph Bergin. In late 2008, after renovation, it reopened. The Riverview Hotel is listed on the Inner West Council local government heritage register. The corner building was built in the Arts and Crafts style with distinctive brick work details. It was remodelled"