Berkeley Court Hotel
| Berkeley Court Hotel | |
|---|---|
 Logo before Clyde Court Hotel rebranding | |
| Alternative names |
|
| Hotel chain | Doyle Collection |
| General information | |
| Type | Hotel |
| Address | Lansdowne Road |
| Town or city | Ballsbridge, Dublin |
| Country | Ireland |
| Opened | 21 July 1978 |
| Closed | 1 January 2016 |
| Demolished | 2016 |
| Cost | £1.7 million (equivalent to £12,318,896 in 2023) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Martin Henihan |
| Developer | Pascal Vincent Doyle |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 200 |
Berkeley Court Hotel was a hotel in Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland which was part of the Doyle Collection.
History
[edit]On 14 July 1977, hotelier and developer Pascal Vincent Doyle announced that they were planning to open their sixth hotel, called the Berkeley Court Hotel, in Ballsbridge the following year after receiving £75,000 (equivalent to £495,726 in 2021) from the Fáilte Ireland towards the total £1.7 million (equivalent to £10,375,713 in 2021) construction cost.[1]
Opening
[edit]The 200 bedroom hotel was officially opened on 21 July 1978 by the then Minister for Tourism and Transport, Pádraig Faulkner. The architect was Martin Henihan.[2][3]
Sale of hotel
[edit]In 2005, the Berkeley Court was sold to developer Seán Dunne for €100 million who also purchased the adjacent Jurys Ballsbridge Hotel and the Towers for €260 million.[4][5]
Dunne had originally envisioned a €1.5 billion development on the site which included a 37-storey skyscraper but this was blocked by planning authorities in 2007.[6] By 2009, Ulster Bank, Rabobank and Kaupthing Bank had taken ownership of the properties and created a new legal entity, renting them back to Dunne's D4 Hotels business. The hotel was renamed to D4 Berkeley at this time.[7]
Demolition
[edit]In September 2015, it was announced that the hotel, then known as the Clyde Court Hotel, was to be demolished for the construction of 200 apartments on the site.[8] The hotel officially closed on 1 January 2016.[9] Newry-based company John Tinnelly & Sons were appointed to demolish the former hotel.[10] Demolition began in late January 2016 and was completed by June of that year.[11][12]
Lansdowne Place, the new apartment complex built on the site of the former hotel, officially opened on 1 June 2017.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Khan, Frank (15 July 1977). "£50 a night luxury hotel is No. 6 for P. V. Doyle". Irish Independent. p. 9. Retrieved 30 December 2023 – via Irish Newspaper Archives.
- ^ Cairns, Frank (21 July 1978). "Six-star award for P.V. Doyle!". Irish Independent. Retrieved 30 December 2023 – via Irish Newspaper Archives.
- ^ "Berkeley Court Hotel Opens". RTÉ Archives. 21 July 1978. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Family lose fight to stop hotel sell-off". Independent.ie. 30 August 2005. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Sean Dunne to buy Berkeley Court Hotel site for €119m". The Irish Times. 24 November 2005. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Dunne loses all control of hotel sites". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 25 January 2012. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Sean Dunne hands over control of hotel sites to banks". Independent.ie. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Berkeley Court Set To Be Demolished". Business Plus. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Former Berkeley Court to be demolished for apartments". Independent.ie. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Newry company to demolish Berkeley Court hotel". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
- ^ turgidson (16 April 2016), Clyde Court Hotel Demolition, retrieved 30 December 2023
- ^ Duffy, Rónán (2016-04-12). "A Dublin 4 hotel is being torn down to make room for "exclusive" apartments". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
- ^ "D4 apartments come with five-star flourishes". Independent.ie. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2023.