Исторический отель
Вопросник
Год постройки: 1864
Какова история этого здания;
Construction of The Randolph Hotel began in 1864 by William Wilkinson, an architect who also designed many houses in North Oxford. There was debate about the building's design. John Ruskin favoured Gothic revival like the nearby Martyrs' Memorial. The City Council wanted a classical style since the rest of Beaumont Street was early 19th century Regency. A compromise was attained with a simplified Gothic façade, similar to the Oxford University Museum and the Oxford Union buildings, but in brick.
The hotel was named not after Lord Randolph Churchill, who was connected with Blenheim Palace to the north of Oxford, but after Dr. Francis Randolph, an eighteenth century university benefactor. The University or Randolph Galleries (now part of the Ashmolean Museum) were built as a result of a thousand-pound gift left by Dr Randolph, a former Principal of St Alban Hall (now part of Merton College), who died in 1796.
В какую эпоху и/или в соответствии с каким архитектурным стилем было построено здание;
Late, gothic Victorian.
Окружено ли здание другими историческими зданиями?
The Randolph Hotel by Graduate Hotels is located in the heart of the city of Oxford which is full to the brim with historical buildings, some dating back to the mid-11th century.
Были ли проведены реставрационные работы;
The hotel will be reopening this summer following a £15 million pound renovation.
Есть ли в здании элементы особой исторической значимости?
Our Morse Bar was, and remains to this day, the watering hole of Colin Dextor's Inspector Morse.
Several of the Morse books have scenes set in The Randolph and many episodes of the incredibly popular Inspector Morse TV series have been partly filmed in the hotel.
Стоит ли упомянуть каких-либо важных гостей или предыдущих владельцев?
Multiple Presidents, Prime Ministers, members of the British Royal Family, television and film stars, authors and musicians have stayed at the hotel.
Получило ли здание какое-либо свидетельство о своем историческом статусе?
Grade 2 listed building.
Есть ли что-нибудь, что вы хотели бы подчеркнуть, добавить или уточнить?
The location of The Randolph Hotel was previously the location of Beaumont Palace, birth place of both Richard the Lion Heart and King John.
