Completed interiors of the Great Scotland Yard Hotel in London Have Been Revealed

Main Photo: The new Great Scotland Yard Hotel

Date: March 2019

Location: St James’s, Westminster, London, UK

Name: Great Scotland Yard Hotel – opening Q4 2019

No. of Keys: 153 including 11 suites

Owner: Abu Dhabi based LuLu Group International, which will be operated by Hyatt under its Unbound Collection.

The completed interiors of the Grade II listed Great Scotland Yard hotel in London have been revealed following a £75m renovation project ahead of its launch later this year.

The seven-storey building was the original headquarters of the Metropolitan Police and nods to its former occupants can be found throughout the property.

The site had been acquired by Galliard Group, who completed the £75m construction project, under a 125-year Crown Estate lease in 2013, which was exchanged for a forward sale of the hotel to LuLu Group for £110m in 2016.

Stephen Conway, executive chairman of Galliard Group said: “Galliard has delivered one of London’s most outstanding five-star hotels. With its iconic address and famous history, the hotel’s interior design cleverly references the building’s police and military past through the use of shields, emblems and historic details etched into glass and metalwork.”

Then home secretary Sir Robert Peel selected the building as the first headquarters for the Met in 1829. Crimes investigated in the building included the atrocities of Jack the Ripper, with it remaining the force’s home until 1890, when it would move to New Scotland Yard.

Inside the hotel secret doors will lead to a whiskey bar/clubroom, signature restaurant and private dining rooms. The restaurant will have chef Robin Gill, who also owns the Dairy and Sorella in Clapham, at the helm. The space has been inspired by industrial warehouse architecture with timber flooring, brick walls and vaulted ceilings.

Eleven suites include a converted former townhouse, which will have its own street entrance as well a family room, dining room, kitchen, private study, wine cellar and bedrooms arranged over several storeys.

Former basement cells have been converted into a gymnasium, conference spaces and a ballroom.

Don O’ Sullivan, chief executive of Galliard Group added: “Over the last decade Galliard has built 10 hotels and the Great Scotland Yard Hotel sets a new benchmark for high quality construction and exquisite design. Our vision was to deliver a world-class hotel of the quality of The Mercer or the Chateau Marmont, a place renowned for exceptional service, destination dining and leisure and outstanding luxury and quality.”

Hyatt’s Unbound Collection was created in 2016 and is a collection of upper-upscale and luxury, individual hotel properties. The brand currently operates in the USA, Canada and Uruguay.

Price: £110m plus £75m refurb – £185m

Price per Key: £1,209,150

THPT Comment: Great to see this beautiful old building been bought back to life as what promises to be a fab luxury hotel.

First Seen: The Caterer

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