Holland House, Cardiff
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| Former names |
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| Hotel chain | Mercure |
| General information | |
| Type | Hotel |
| Location |  Cardiff, Wales |
| Address | 24-26 Newport Road, Cardiff city centre CF24 0DD |
| Coordinates | 51°29′01″N 3°10′02″W / 51.4836°N 3.1672°W |
| Completed | 1968 |
| Renovated | 2004 |
| Owner | AccorHotels |
| Height | 60.30 metres (197.83 ft) |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 165 |
Holland House, formerly called Julian Hodge House, is a high-rise hotel on Newport Road near the centre of Cardiff, Wales. Originally an office block, the 60.3-metre-high (197.83 ft)[1] building has 15 floors and is the tenth tallest building in Cardiff.
History
The building was constructed in 1968 by the Welsh financier Julian Hodge (1904 –2004). It was named Julian Hodge House,[2] and later the Julian S. Hodge Building.[1] It was built as an office block, with occupants including Lloyds TSB Bank.
The building was refurbished in 2003/4 for hotel use.[1][3] The existing concrete framed structure was altered and a two-storey extension, built on top of a basemant car park area, was demolished.[4]
In 2004 it became the Macdonald Holland House Hotel.[3] The hotel was run by Macdonald Hotels until 2007, when it was sold to AccorHotels to operate under the Mercure brand.[5] It is now known as Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel & Spa.[6]
In 2006, the exterior of the building was used as a hospital for the BBC television sci-fi drama series Torchwood, which was produced in Cardiff.[7]
Hotel facilities
Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel & Spa is a 4-star hotel with 165 rooms. It has a first floor restaurant and a lounge bar, an indoor swimming pool and seventeen meeting spaces.[8]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c "Macdonald Holland House Hotel". Emporis. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ Mortimer, Dic (8 October 2014). Cardiff: The Biography. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-4456-4251-2.
- ^ a b Skyscraper News | Macdonald Holland House
- ^ Denver Construction Services | Project Details » Holland House Hotel (Cardiff) Archived March 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "News & Events". Macdonald Hotels UK. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel & Spa". all.accor.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ Doctor Who locations | Newport Road Lane
- ^ "Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel & Spa". all.accor.com. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
