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Kimpton Clocktower Hotel
Manchester, United Kingdom · Kimpton · Core Luxury
Alfred Waterhouse began Manchester's red-brick and terracotta Refuge Assurance Building in 1891; his son Paul added the 217-foot clock tower along Oxford Street by 1912. Converted to the Palace Hotel in 1996 for 7 million pounds, it cycled through Principal and Le Meridien names before reopening as Kimpton Clocktower on 1 October 2020. Grade II* listed, the old segregated staff dining hall is now the ballroom.
- Opened 1895
- Neighborhood: Oxford Road Corridor
- Architect: Alfred Waterhouse
About Kimpton Clocktower Hotel
- First phase designed by Alfred Waterhouse for the Refuge Assurance Company and built 1891-95 in red brick, terracotta, and Burmantofts faience.
- Paul Waterhouse extended the building with a 217-foot (66 m) tower along Oxford Street between 1910 and 1912; Stanley Birkett extended Whitworth Street in 1932.
- Around 2,000 staff once worked here; men and women sat separately in the dining hall, and women had to reapply for jobs if they married.
- Richard Newman converted the empty offices to the Palace Hotel in 1996 for 7 million pounds; the glass dome in reception came from a Scottish railway station.
- Sold to IHG in May 2018 and reopened under the Kimpton Clocktower name on 1 October 2020 after pandemic delays.
The setting
10-minute walk to Manchester Art Gallery.
Amenities
- Pet-friendly
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