The Empire Hotel in Bath, Somerset, England was built in 1901 and has been designated as a Grade II registered building. This hotel is located in Orange Grove, close to Bath Abbey and Pulteney Bridge.
It was designed by Bath City Architects Mayor Charles Edward Davis for Alfred Holland entrepreneur and built from Bath Stone, on the site of Athenaeum. It was described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as 'a monstrosity and a magnificent piece of arrogant architecture'.
This building occupies a large L-shaped block. It is a six storey high plus an octagonal angle tower. The front of the building to Orange Grove has eight bays and the side facing the River Avon has nine bays.
Roof architecture shows three classes of people, Castle on the corner for Upper Class, House for Middle Class and cottage for lower class.
During World War II it was used by the Royal Navy as a postal sorting station and remained in their possession until the 1990s. It was later refurbished and became an apartment and restaurant.
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