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The Grand Hotel Leicester

Coordinates: 52°38′00″N 1°07′48″W / 52.6332°N 1.1299°W / 52.6332; -1.1299
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The Grand Hotel

The Grand Hotel is a large hotel in the City centre of Leicester, England. It is now known as the Mercure Leicester City Hotel.

It was built between 1897-98 by Cecil Ogden and Amos Hall, and is located on Granby Street. The wedding cake top on the corner of Grandby Street and Belvoir Street was added by Amos Hall who also designed the Silver Arcade in the Edwardian period.

The Kings Hall on the first floor was at one time a cinema.

A postcard showing the hotel in 1906

The hotel has always been considered as one of Leicester's most prestigious, but arguably its heyday was during Victorian times. Today the hotel is rated as 4 star and is operated by Mercure Hotels, a division of the multinational hotel company Accor.

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52°38′00″N 1°07′48″W / 52.6332°N 1.1299°W / 52.6332; -1.1299