Carbis Bay Hotel
History
It was built in 1894 by Silvanus Trevail, Cornwall's most notable architect of the 19th century. As of 2003, the hotel was owned by Stephen Baker and his family, although it was previously owned by the Monk family. Virginia Woolf stayed at the hotel in the spring of 1914 for three weeks while recovering from a bout of mental illness. She later based her 1927 novel To the Lighthouse on Godrevy Lighthouse on the other side of St Ives Bay. Film director David Lean also once stayed in the hotel.
Author Rosamunde Pilcher featured the hotel (renamed as The Sands Hotel) in her novels The Shell Seekers (1988) and Winter Solstice (2000).
Architecture and facilities
The hotel is a traditional cream-painted building, three storeys high with two large bays at either side. It has six chimney stacks, two on top of either bay and two in the middle. It has several extensions and a large conservatory at the front, overlooking the beach, which was refurbished in 2015.
G7 controversy
In January 2021 it was announced that Carbis Bay would be the venue for that year's G7 Summit in June. In March 2021, the local planning authority launched an investigation to determine if the Carbis Bay Hotel, which was developing facilities for the summit, had contravened planning permissions. The hotel denied it had breached any regulations.
References
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- ^ "About Us". Carbis Bay Hotel. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ^ "Carbis Bay all set for busy season". Business Cornwall. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "World leaders to meet in Cornwall for G7 Summit". ITV News. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ "G7 Cornwall: Carbis Bay Hotel under planning investigation". BBC News. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ "Anger at Carbis Bay G7 summit hotel's tree clearance". ITV News. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ Frost, Rosie (11 March 2021). "Eco-hotel hosting G7 summit criticised for clearing 'ancient trees'". living. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
