Colonnade Hotel

The Colonnade Hotel (previously known as The Esplanade hotel) is a 4-star London hotel with 43 rooms, of which three are suites.[1] The hotel is located opposite Warwick Avenue Underground station and Little Venice.

The Colonnade Hotel
General information
Location	2 Warrington Crescent Little Venice London W9 1ER United Kingdom
Coordinates	51.5243°N 0.1846°W / 51.5243; -0.1846
Opening	1935
Owner	Eton Collection
Other information
Number of rooms	43
Number of suites	3
Website
Colonnade Hotel

History

Alan Turing's blue plaque

The hotel started life as two private Victorian residences in 1865 before being turned into a boarding school in 1880. In 1886, it became the Warrington Lodge Medical and Surgery Home for Ladies.[2]

The mathematician Alan Turing was born there in 1912.[3] In 1935 the hospital was converted into The Esplanade Hotel.

Sigmund Freud stayed at the hotel during the summer of 1938 when he was renovating his house in Hampstead. To honour his stay the hotel renamed the best suite the "Sigmund Freud suite".

In 1944, the hotel was bought by the Richards family and its name was changed to the Colonnade Hotel. The hotel changed hands again in 1998 when it was purchased and renovated by the current owners, The Eton Collection.

Location

The hotel's postcode is W9 1ER. The nearest London Underground station is Warwick Avenue on the Bakerloo line.

Awards

• Conde Nast Johanssens Award for Excellence 2002 – Most Excellent London Hotel
• Best Loved Hotels of the World – designated a Best Loved Hotel 2004

References

1. Horsford, Simon. "The Colonnade Hotel". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
2. "History behind the Colonnade Hotel". UK: The Colonnade Hotel. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
3. "The Alan Turing Internet Scrapbook". Retrieved 23 May 2013.

External links

• Colonnade Hotel website