Royal Bath Hotel

The Royal Bath Hotel is a building in Bournemouth, Dorset.[1][2] Since 1974, the hotel has been a Grade II listed building.[3]

Not to be confused with Bath Hotel.
The hotel at night.
The frontage of the building.

History

The hotel opened on Queen Victoria's coronation day in June 1838, becoming the first hotel in Bournemouth.[4]

The hotel was formerly owned by Mayor of Bournemouth Merton Russell-Cotes.[5]

During World War II an elderly grandmother was accidentally scalded to death in a bathtub.[6]

In 2014 there was a robbery at the hotel.[7]

The hotel hosted a Coastal Comic Con in 2019.[8]

References
  1. "The Royal Bath Hotel Bournemouth | Britannia Hotels". www.britanniahotels.com. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  2. "ROYAL BATH HOTEL & SPA BOURNEMOUTH $38 ($̶6̶4̶) – Updated 2020 Prices & Reviews – England". Tripadvisor. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  3. "ROYAL BATH HOTEL, Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole – 1108883 | Historic England". Historic England. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  4. "PICTURES: Inside Bournemouth's most expensive hotel rooms". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  5. "Merton Russell-Cotes", Wikipedia, 2019-09-26, retrieved 2020-11-18
  6. "Grandmother scalded to death after hotel turned up water temperature to beat Legionnaires". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  7. "Couple's fury as £6,000 of possessions stolen from Royal Bath hotel room". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  8. "Cosplay, meet-and-greets and vintage arcade games at Bournemouth's newest comic con". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 2020-11-18.

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