android appSouthwold Grand Hotel
Southwold Grand Hotel
East, 52.32999,1.68358
closed March 1940
North Parade
grid reference TM 510 765
The hotel is shown on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
The Grand Hotel was described in 1912 as:
magnificent position facing sea, near pier, station & golf links; luxuriously furnished apartments, including spacious lounge, billiard, smoking & reading rooms; lift; electric light; heated in winter; table d'hote; separate tables; extensive grounds; omnibus meets trains.
It was used by the army during the Second World War (requisitioned on March 27th 1940) and never reopened. The license was transferred to the Neptune.
The building was demolished in 1959.
Boardwalk 0.10 mile
Sole Bay Inn 0.22 mile
Crown 0.31 mile
Swan 0.31 mile
Lord Nelson 0.32 mile
Blyth 0.35 mileLandlords
1911: Katherine Dickerson ((Manageress, Head/Single/42y/born Farmington, Gloucestershire))
1912: K Dickerson ((manageress))
1933: no one listed ((Grand hotel - North parade))
1937: no one listed ((Grand hotel - North parade))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
