Berkeley Court Hotel was a hotel in Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland which was part of the Doyle Collection.
| Berkeley Court Hotel | |
|---|---|
 Logo before Clyde Court Hotel rebranding | |
| Alternative names |
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| Hotel chain | Doyle Collection |
| General information | |
| Type | Hotel |
| Address | Lansdowne Road |
| Town or city | Ballsbridge, Dublin |
| Country | Ireland |
| Opened | 21 July 1978 |
| Closed | 1 January 2016 |
| Demolished | 2016 |
| Cost | £1.7 million (equivalent to £12,318,896 in 2023) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Martin Henihan |
| Developer | Pascal Vincent Doyle |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 200 |
History edit
On 14 July 1977, hotelier and developer Pascal Vincent Doyle announced that they were planning to open their sixth hotel, called the Berkeley Court Hotel, in Ballsbridge the following year after receiving £75,000 (equivalent to £495,726 in 2021) from the Fáilte Ireland towards the total £1.7 million (equivalent to £10,375,713 in 2021) construction cost.[1]
Opening edit
The 200 bedroom hotel was officially opened on 21 July 1978 by the then Minister for Tourism and Transport, Pádraig Faulkner. The architect was Martin Henihan.[2][3]
Sale of hotel edit
In 2005, the Berkeley Court was sold to developer Seán Dunne for €100 million who also purchased the adjacent Jurys Ballsbridge Hotel and the Towers for €260 million.[4][5]
Dunne had originally envisioned a €1.5 billion development on the site which included a 37-storey skyscraper but this was blocked by planning authorities in 2007.[6] By 2009, Ulster Bank, Rabobank and Kaupthing Bank had taken ownership of the properties and created a new legal entity, renting them back to Dunne's D4 Hotels business. The hotel was renamed to D4 Berkeley at this time.[7]
Demolition edit
In September 2015, it was announced that the hotel, then known as the Clyde Court Hotel, was to be demolished for the construction of 200 apartments on the site.[8] The hotel offiically closed on 1 January 2016.[9] Newry-based company John Tinnelly & Sons were appointed to demolish the former hotel.[10] Demolition began in late January 2016 and was completed by June of that year.[11][12]
Lansdowne Place, the new apartment complex built on the site of the former hotel, officially opened on 1 June 2017.[13]
References edit
- ^ Khan, Frank (15 July 1977). "£50 a night luxury hotel is No. 6 for P. V. Doyle". Irish Independent. p. 9. Retrieved 30 December 2023 – via Irish Newspaper Archives.
- ^ Cairns, Frank (21 July 1978). "Six-star award for P.V. Doyle!". Irish Independent. Retrieved 30 December 2023 – via Irish Newspaper Archives.
- ^ "Berkeley Court Hotel Opens". RTÉ Archives. 21 July 1978. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Family lose fight to stop hotel sell-off". Independent.ie. 30 August 2005. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Sean Dunne to buy Berkeley Court Hotel site for €119m". The Irish Times. 24 November 2005. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Dunne loses all control of hotel sites". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 25 January 2012. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Sean Dunne hands over control of hotel sites to banks". Independent.ie. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Berkeley Court Set To Be Demolished". Business Plus. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Former Berkeley Court to be demolished for apartments". Independent.ie. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Newry company to demolish Berkeley Court hotel". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
- ^ turgidson (16 April 2016), Clyde Court Hotel Demolition, retrieved 30 December 2023
- ^ Duffy, Rónán (2016-04-12). "A Dublin 4 hotel is being torn down to make room for "exclusive" apartments". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
- ^ "D4 apartments come with five-star flourishes". Independent.ie. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2023.