Headland Hotel

The Headland Hotel is a Grade II listed building[1] located in Newquay, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It was opened on the 14th July 1900, and is built in a prominent position overlooking Fistral Beach and Towan Head.

Headland Hotel
Location in Cornwall
General information
StatusGrade II listed
LocationNewquay, Cornwall
AddressFistral Beach, Headland Road, Newquay TR7 1EW
Coordinates50°25′14″N 5°5′49″W
Opened14 July 1900
Design and construction
ArchitectSilvanus Trevail
Website
Headland Hotel
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameThe Headland Hotel
Designated12 May 1988
Reference no.1327390

History

The hotel was designed by the Cornish architect Silvanus Trevail, and opened in June 1900.[2] It is, according to Nikolaus Pevsner, "decidedly disappointing, Victorian, yellow and red brick, tall and symmetrical, pavilion roofs and no redeeming features".[3]

In 1911, Edward, Prince of Wales, and his brother Prince Albert (later Kings Edward VIII and George VI respectively) recuperated at the hotel after catching measles and mumps while studying at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.[4]

It is one of the few hotels to retain its original appearance.[1]

The Headland Hotel is the setting of an adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel The Witches, and was renamed "Hotel Excelsior" for the film of 1990.[5]

  • The Headland Hotel.
  • Entrance
  • Towan Head and the Headland Hotel from Fistral Beach
gollark: I... actually just pirate them because to get the full show in the UK you would otherwise have to... buy the DVDs or something?
gollark: Episodes of what?
gollark: I'm watchthroughing Adventure Time (very slowly), and am up to S6E20 or so.
gollark: I only watch things which I watch.
gollark: English is a very evil language to learn too.

References
  1. Historic England. "The Headland Hotel (1327390)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  2. "Our History". Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  3. Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed. revised by Enid Radcliffe. Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 126
  4. Judd, Denis (1982). King George VI. London: Michael Joseph. p. 24. ISBN 0-7181-2184-8.
  5. "The location of the Headland Hotel". The Headland Hotel. Archived from the original on 23 February 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2010.


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