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The Queens Hotel is a hotel owned by QHotels, located on Leeds City Square in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is an elegant Art Deco Grade II listed building.[1] HistoryThe first railway hotel on this site was opened in 1863 for the Midland Railway. The Midland Railway was taken over by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and in 1935 it was decided to demolish the old building and build a grand new one. This was officially opened on 12 November 1937, by the Princess Royal and Lord Harewood.[2] The architect was W.H. Hamlyn and it was faced in white Portland stone with brick sides and rear. The interior design and Art Deco fittings are by William Curtis Green.[3][1] The building used two million bricks and 40,000 cubic feet of Portland Stone. Prices started at 10s 6d for a single room with bath.[2] Later owners were British Transport Hotels between 1948 and the early 1980s and the Forte Group. It was acquired in 2003 by QHotels who gave it a £10 million makeover.[4] Adjacent FeaturesThe hotel is not the only part of this construction. The frontage continues west and round a slight bend into Aire Street with the same arrangement of Portland stone front and brick behind. Immediately next to the hotel is the original main entrance to Leeds Station concourse, originally also Art Deco inside, but now much modernized. Next is Number 1 Aire Street, a block of offices, originally for the railway. The three buildings each have the crest of the LMS Railway.[3] References1. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101375020-queens-hotel-city-and-hunslet-ward#.Wzj3adL0m70 |title=Queens Hotel |author= |date= |website=www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk |publisher= |access-date=1 July 2018 |quote=}} 2. ^1 {{cite news ||last=Williamson |first=Howard |title=Leeds: Queens Hotel to get facelift |url= |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |location= |date=23 December 2009 |access-date= }} 3. ^1 {{cite book |last=Wrathmell |first=Susan |date=2005 |title=Pevsner Architectural Guides: Leeds |url= |location= |publisher=Yale University Press |page=108 |isbn=0-300-10736-6 |author-link= }} 4. ^{{cite news |last=Scott |first=Nigel |date=14 November 2005 |title=Hotel celebration has a touch of Hollywood |url= |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |location= |access-date= }} External links{{Commonscat|Queens Hotel, Leeds}}{{Commons category|Old Queen's Hotel, Leeds}}
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