The Colonnade Hotel (previously known as The Esplanade hotel) is a 4-star

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hotel with 43 rooms, of which three are suites. The hotel is located opposite Warwick Avenue Underground station and

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History

The hotel started life as two private Victorian residences in 1865 before being turned into a

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in 1880. In 1886, it became the Warrington Lodge Medical and Surgery Home for Ladies. The mathematician

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was born there in 1912. In 1935 the hospital was converted into The Esplanade Hotel.

Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud ( ; ; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating psychopathology, pathologies seen as originating fro ...

stayed at the hotel during the summer of 1938 when he was renovating his house in

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. To honour his stay the hotel renamed the best suite the "Sigmund Freud suite". In 1944, the hotel was bought by the Cardenas family and its name was changed to the Colonnade Hotel. The hotel changed hands again in 1998 when it was purchased and renovated by the current owners, The Eton Collection.

Location

The hotel's postcode is W9 1ER. The nearest

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station is Warwick Avenue on the

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Awards

* Conde Nast Johanssens Award for Excellence 2002 – Most Excellent London Hotel * Best Loved Hotels of the World – designated a Best Loved Hotel 2004

References

External links

{{commons category, Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel website
1935 establishments in England Hotels established in 1935 Residential buildings completed in 1865 Hotels in the City of Westminster Grade II listed buildings in the City of Westminster Grade II listed hotels in London Alan Turing