Catherine Grove

New Greenwich hotel prepares to open

October 10, 2012 By Greenwich.co.uk

GREENWICH’s newest hotel is just weeks away from opening its doors to the public.

The new 145-room Mercure Greenwich hotel in Catherine Grove will welcome its first guests in November following a total transformation.

The 1930s building was originally a Metropolitan Police section house but had been empty for years until it was purchased by Periquin Ltd, owned by Lady Rona Delves Broughton.

The revamp has seen extensive internal refurbishment and redesign with the addition of two new floors at the top to create penthouse suites overlooking London.

The new four star hotel, where standard room rates start at £139 per night, also has a glamorous bar and restaurant which will both be open to the wider public as well as hotel guests.

Sales and Marketing Manager, Rachel Osborn, said: “We are thrilled to be opening The Mercure London Greenwich Hotel in such a marvellous part of London.

“The hotel design and refurbishment reflects our exceptional surroundings and the team here are ready and looking forward delivering true hospitality to all of our guests.”

First Look Inside The New Mercure Greenwich

Restaurant

The bar – open to the public as well as guests

View from one side of a penthouse suite

Hotel exterior

Developer proposes new townhouses in Greenwich High Road

July 10, 2012 By Rob Powell

24-28 Greenwich High Road, with Maurice Drummond House seen to the rear

A DEVELOPER has proposed knocking down three Victorian houses in Greenwich High Road to build new homes.

Four 4-bedroom townhouses would replace the houses at 24-28 Greenwich High Road if the scheme gets planning permission.

“The houses, though possessing a certain dour simplicity, are unremarkable examples of later Victorian housing and do not have any notable heritage significance or architectural merit,” notes a Heritage Statement accompanying the planning application.

The plans for the 4-storey homes, each with an added basement, have been revised following an earlier application and a public exhibition held in January.

The developer behind the scheme is Periquin Limited, which lists Lady Rona Zara Delves Dowager Broughton as its sole director.

The same company is also redeveloping Maurice Drummond House in Catherine Grove, adjacent to 24-28 Greenwich High Road, as a new hotel which is due to open in the next few weeks.

Scaffolding starts to come down at the former police section house about to reopen as a hotel.

Former police section house to become hotel

June 30, 2011 By Rob Powell

A planning application for a large hotel in west Greenwich has been backed by Greenwich Council.

The Council’s Planning Board last week gave planning consent for Maurice Drummond House in Catherine Grove to be converted into a hotel.

The eight storey building was originally built in the 1930s as accommodation for officers from the Metropolitan Police.

The new hotel will be called “The Greenwich” and will offer a “boutique” experience in its 168 rooms, according to documents submitted with the planning application.

The former section house received RIBA’s London Architectural Medal in 1946. The company behind the scheme is Periquin Limited, the sole director of which is Lady Rona Delves Broughton.

Greenwich Hospital recently won the the right to build a boutique hotel at Greenwich Market and another is planned within the Movement development at the corner of Norman Road and Greenwich High Road.