Basic Site Details

Name: Bellevue Hotel, Motor Car House
Town, district or village: Dunbar
City or county: East Lothian
Country: Scotland
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Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
 ClassificationOriginal classification?Notes
Item 1 of 1Hotel  

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 121 March 1903  Plans dated or submitted?

People

Design and Construction

The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column.
 NameRolePartnership GroupFromToNotes
Item 1 of 1George Cunningham (junior)  1903  

Related Buildings, Structures and Designs

Parent Structure and Site

This structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details):
 Building nameNotes
Item 1 of 1Bellevue HotelCost: £12,000. Now in ruins following a fire

HOTEL, BELLE-VUE, DUNBAR - This building has just been erected at Dunbar. The hotel stands in about 2.5 acres of ground. Designed by Messrs Dunn and Findlay, architects, Edinburgh, the building, which has a frontage of 120 feet, is Scottish Baronial in style, the front being harled and faced with Dumfries stone. The main dining room, furnished in old oak, will be capable of accommodating about 100 persons, apart from a smaller dining room intended for day visitors particularly. A feature has also been made of the ladies drawing room, which is furnished in Chippendale. Apart from five or six separate suites of rooms, some of them on the ground floor, the house will contain fifty bedrooms. [Builder 5 June 1897 p516]

References

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
 SourceArchive nameSource catalogue no.Notes
Item 1 of 1Location to be checkedDunbar Dean of Guild drawings No 173