Cruden Bay Hotel was a hotel in Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Following the success of the Palace Hotel in Aberdeen, it was built between 1897 and 1899 by the same owners.[1] It closed in 1932 and was demolished between 1947 and 1952.
The hotel had 55 rooms, tennis courts, croquet lawns and lawn-bowling greens.[2] It was part of a grand scheme to transform Cruden Bay into an upmarket luxury resort, one that was described as the Brighton of Aberdeenshire.[3]
The Cruden Bay Hotel Tramway operated an electric tramway service between the hotel and Cruden Bay railway station between 1899 and 1940.[4]
Notable patrons of the hotel include British prime ministers H. H. Asquith and David Lloyd George, who met there for afternoon tea, while Winston Churchill played on the golf course.[3] Christian Watt worked in the hotel laundry building, which survived until the late 20th century.[5]
After the hotel's closure, the building was used as barracks during the Second World War.[2]
The former location of the hotel is now occupied by Links View and Links Place, streets immediately to the north of Cruden Bay Golf Club.[6]
The hotel's former location on the Cruden Bay landscape, looking northeast
^Scottish Post Office Directories
^ abMcKean, Charles (1990). Banff & Buchan: An Illustrated Architectural Guide. Mainstream Publications Ltd. p. 169. ISBN 185158-231-2.
^ ab"Exhibition looks at heyday of Cruden Bay Hotel", Buchan Observer, 15 March 2019
^The Golden Age of Tramways. Published by Taylor and Francis.
^McKean, Charles (1990). Banff & Buchan: An Illustrated Architectural Guide. Mainstream Publications Ltd. p. 170. ISBN 185158-231-2.
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