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 thamesweb |
Farewell to the Frogmore Hotel |
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Posts: 963 (04/10/08 05:34:32) |
The former Frogmore Hotel in the early stages of demolition 
The north side of Frogmore Hotel. Note the now revealed exterior wall under the sloping roof 
Close-up of the now revealed exterior wall showing the original decorative brickwork Following demolition the site will see the construction of a new 60 bed hotel. |
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the jiffle king |
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Posts: 71 (04/10/08 22:43:50) |
Another old building goes to dust.......
I've not seen the planning application to demolish this, so I guess it's an old one.... such a shame, will the planners ever learn? |
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Pat Larkin |
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Posts: 27 (04/11/08 06:00:33) |
Wow, what a shock.......... Last went there for my Mother's 'wake', never dreaming it was ear-marked for demolition. Is Windsor Castle safe????
it could be next!!
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thamesweb |
A few days later... | ||
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Posts: 984 (04/15/08 11:23:56) |
...from a little further down Alma Road to give an idea of its surroundings. The big building to the right is the Police Station where calls to the police are now handled for this area. |
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Pat Larkin |
The 'Late' Frogmore Hotel | ||
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Posts: 34 (04/16/08 02:35:19) |
Have you any idea as to what will replace this building? Have the Council issued any details at all? Might be flats, or, perhaps an extension to the present
police station, perhaps.
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Posts: 75 (04/17/08 03:05:45) |
Its a 60 bedroom hotel
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Pat Larkin |
The 'late' Frogmore Hotel | ||
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Posts: 39 (04/17/08 06:40:54) |
Where will the people using the proposed hotel park their cars?? Maybe there's going to be an underground parking facility?
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thamesweb |
Good question that... | ||
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Posts: 998 (04/18/08 01:05:11) |
I was taking a look at the planning application (refused) and the subsequent appeal (allowed) for the new hotel. Elsewhere I have posted the following
Another problem is the government's attitude towards parking. The following incredible statement was discovered in the planning papers for the Frogmore Hotel in Alma Road. (Ref: 03/83422) So to summarise: The planning application appeal was allowed, back in August 2004, after considerations of the size of the building were taken into account. The new hotel will only be 1m higher than the old Frogmore Hotel - keep an eye on that - and less high than the (gross) police station nearby and office block to the west. The new hotel will be U shaped, with one wing parallel to Alma Road, and includes a central atrium. Car parking will be in the basement. The hotel will be four floors with the top floor accommodated within the roof space. The inspector considers that the size and scale of the hotel would be complimentary to the Victorian buildings across the road. To the south of the development is a 'generous two storey house with garage'. In my view that is likely to be redeveloped too in due course but the planning inspector believes that the garage serves a useful purpose in separating the new development from the existing house and so avoids a cramped look. In the event that the house is also the subject of a redevelopment application, this feature must be retained. The inspector is of the view that the stained glass window in the front of the hotel need not be retained within the new building and its fate can be decided by the owner of the hotel. That's that then! No further openings are to be allowed above ground level so as to protect the privacy of neighbours and acoustic insulation is to be incorporated to protect customers from aircraft noise and neighbours from noise from within the hotel... don't like the sound of that, literally!
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Pat Larkin |
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Posts: 47 (04/18/08 02:18:13) |
mmm, it's all done and dusted by the sounds of it. With regards to the stained glass window, couldn't the Windsor Council demand that this be preserved
or, couldn't they buy it from the developer, because, as it stands, it sounds as if it'll just be thrown away or broken if something isn't done. It
could be donated to a future building or incorporated in the Council building, perhaps? Where workers, diners etc. will park, well, as per usual, it's
'their' problem. Perhaps Planners and contractors don't go out at night, so they wouldn't appreciate the problems of finding somewhere to park
that isn't a mile away from where you're dining, dancing, visiting. I do agree with your comment about the Police Station building, it is pretty grim.
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Pat Larkin |
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Posts: 49 (04/18/08 02:32:04) |
Another thought - will the new hotel be called 'The Frogmore Hotel II'? Does the company building it have to put forward several names, or are they
given a selection of names to choose from, and who finally decides or gives permission for that name??
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thamesweb |
Stained Glass | ||
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Posts: 1000 (04/18/08 04:22:43) |
The opportunity to save the window is long past, I am afraid, by about four years. The planning committee, or the inspector anyway, decided that it was not of
any great value being a religious subject hence the decision to leave it up to the owner. Only the best of these things are required to be kept and, apart from
letting a salvage co. have it, and removing it at their expense, the window will not survive.
As to the name, the owner can call it what he likes, pretty much!! |
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