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The Fourth - Tafelrond
Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium · Independent · Core Luxury
The Fourth occupies Leuven's Tafelrond on Grote Markt, a Gothic Brabançon guildhall from 1479 that was a theatre after 1817, destroyed in the First World War, rebuilt in the style of architect de Layens, then a National Bank branch from 1930. The fourth life is a 62-room hotel with sleek modern interiors and restaurant Tafelrond, facing the town hall.
- 62 rooms
- Neighborhood: Grote Markt
- Architect: Stéphane Boens / Dugardyn-Declerck (hotel conversion)
About The Fourth - Tafelrond
- Guilds met here from 1479; rhetoricians made it a poetry house, hence the name Tafelrond.
- The building was bombed in the First World War and rebuilt in Gothic style after the war.
- From 1930 it served as the Leuven branch of the National Bank; the hotel is its fourth life, 62 rooms.
History
The Tafelrond on Leuven's Grote Markt began as a 1479 guild meeting house, became a theatre after 1817, was destroyed in the First World War, rebuilt in Gothic form, and housed the National Bank from 1930. Architects Stéphane Boens and Dugardyn-Declerck converted it into The Fourth hotel (2014-2019) with restaurant Tafelrond.
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