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Telegraph Hotel - Coventry
Coventry, England, United Kingdom · Independent · Near Luxury
Lord Iliffe laid the foundation stone of the Coventry Evening Telegraph headquarters on 21 November 1957. L. A. Culliford and Partners' building on Corporation Street was the paper's home from 1959 until the move to the Canal Basin in 2012. Complex Development Projects turned the empty block into the Telegraph Hotel, which opened on 17 May 2021: 88 rooms, and Generators, the city's first rooftop bar, over Belgrade Square.
- 88 rooms
- Opened 2021
- Neighborhood: City Centre
- Architect: L. A. Culliford & Partners
About Telegraph Hotel - Coventry
- In May 2017 the empty newsroom was opened to the public almost as the staff had left it. The paper itself missed only one edition, on 15 November 1940, the morning after the Coventry Blitz.
- The rooftop bar, Generators, opened on 14 April 2021, a month before the bedrooms. The conversion cost £18 million. Bespoke Hotels runs the house.
History
William Isaac Iliffe founded the Midland Daily Telegraph in 1891. His son, Lord Iliffe, laid the foundation stone of a purpose-built headquarters at 157 Corporation Street on 21 November 1957. L. A. Culliford and Partners' building opened in 1959 and the paper stayed until July 2012, when it moved to Thomas Yeoman House at Coventry Canal Basin. The presses were already gone. In May 2017 the empty offices were opened so people could see them as they had been left. Complex Development Projects then spent £18 million converting the block. Generators, the rooftop bar, opened on 14 April 2021. The 88-room Telegraph Hotel opened on 17 May 2021, operated by Bespoke Hotels. The Lord Mayor cut the ribbon.
The setting
157 Corporation Street, the old newspaper headquarters, with Generators looking over Belgrade Square. The paper's later office is at the Canal Basin, a separate building. This one stayed in the middle of the post-war centre.
Restaurants and bars
- Forme & Chase — Restaurant
- Generators — Restaurant
Experiences
- Rooftop bar — Rooftop bar overlooking Belgrade Square.
Amenities
- Lounge area and bar in the events suite
- 24-hour room service
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