PREMIER Inn has opened a new hotel in London – although you wouldn’t know from the outside.
The hub by Premier Inn London Farringdon (Old Bailey) has turned an old Victorian police station into the famous hotel.
Dating back to the 1870s, Snow Hill Police Station is a Garde II listed building.
Whitbread – the owner of Premier Inn, bought the building back in 2020, with it now open to the public as a hotel.
Many of the original features such as the historic entrance way, as well as a grand atrium combining the new and old buildings.
A mix of “heritage bedrooms” as well as the classic hub rooms are part of the hotel too, with 212 rooms across eight stories.
Along with free WiFi and accessible rooms, there is also a restaurant onsite for breakfast and dinner.
Jonathan Langdon, Senior Acquisition Manager for Whitbread, said it showed how “affordable hotels like hub by Premier Inn can breathe fresh life into vacant historic buildings in Central London”
Tom Sleigh, Chairman of the Planning and Transportation Committee at the City of London Corporation, added: “The transformation of the former Snow Hill Police Station into a modern, affordable hotel shows how heritage and planning innovation can work hand in hand, an excellent example of how thoughtful, high-quality design can bring new life to one of the City’s historic buildings.”
Some of the cheapest rooms on the website can be found for around £105 a night.
The hotel is also in the hear of the city, bring right by Farringdon train station.
Nearby is St Paul’s Cathedral as well as the London Museum.
Premier Inn is currently offering free unlimited breakfast to guests, as long as you book before February 13.
Guests must also book a ‘Non-Flex’ room for a stay between February 20 and May 14.
Wetherspoons is another budget brand known for restoring old buildings.
Many of the UK pubs are built into old cinemas, banks and town halls, with original features often restored.
Of course, some of them are newer, purpose bult buildings – including their newest which is in Spain.
We went down to the first foreign Wetherspoons – here’s what we thought.