{{Short description|Hotel in Newquay, Cornwall, England}} {{for|the hotel in Hong Kong|Cathay City}} {{Infobox hotel | name = Headland Hotel | image = The_Headland_Hotel_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1247060.jpg | pushpin_map = Cornwall | pushpin_map_alt = | map_caption = Location in Cornwall | architectural_style = Victorian | roof = Mansard Style Roof | main_contractor = Arthur Carkeek of Redruth | number_of_rooms = 95 | number_of_restaurants = 3 | location = Newquay, Cornwall, England | coordinates = {{Coord|50|25|14|N|5|5|49|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | address = Fistral Beach, Headland Road, Newquay TR7 1EW | location_town = Newquay | architect = Silvanus Trevail | cost = | floor_count = 4 | alternate_names = The Headland | status = Grade II listed | completion_date = 1900 | opened_date = June 1900 | website = {{URL|https://www.headlandhotel.co.uk/|Headland Hotel}} {{Infobox designation list | embed = yes | designation1_offname = The Headland Hotel | designation1 = Grade II | designation1_date = 12 May 1988 | designation1_number = {{Listed building England|1327390}} }} | construction_start_date = August 1897 }} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Use British English|date=February 2018}} The '''Headland Hotel''' is a Grade II listed building<ref name=NHLE>{{NHLE|desc=The Headland Hotel|num= 1327390 |accessdate=12 December 2019}}</ref> located in Newquay, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It was opened in June 1900 and is built on a prominent position overlooking Fistral Beach and Towan Head.
==History== Silvanus Trevail's Great Western Hotel at Newquay, completed in 1879, was the first in a string of hotels designed to appeal to renewed interest in Cornwall as a winter resort for the middle classes. Trevail's Cornish Hotels Company was formed in 1890.<ref>{{Cite web|last=bwdeacon|date=2020-07-07|title=Tourism: cure or curse?|url=https://bernarddeacon.com/2020/07/07/tourism-cure-or-curse/|access-date=2020-09-25|website=Cornish studies resources|language=en}}</ref> [[File:Silvanus Trevail.png|left|thumb|176x176px|Silvanus Trevail]] The company's Atlantic Hotel was built in 1892<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cheers to 125 Years! – Atlantic Hotel Newquay|url=https://atlantichotelnewquay.co.uk/cheers-to-125-years/|access-date=2020-09-25|website=atlantichotelnewquay.co.uk}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2003|title=Newquay Characteristic Study – Cornwall Council|url=https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/media/28528277/newquay_report_main.pdf}}{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> following which Trevail intended to build an upmarket estate, with another luxury hotel, on the headlands of Newquay but lack of money hampered his plans. This scheme provoked a lot of opposition from the local people of Newquay.<ref>{{Cite web|last=BBC|title=Silvanus Trevail|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/cornwall/content/articles/2009/01/05/history_silvanustrevail_feature.shtml|access-date=2020-09-25|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-gb}}</ref> When building finally began on the Headland Hotel in 1897, riots broke out in the town as it threatened the local custom of using the clifftop as grazing land and space to dry fishermen's nets.<ref>{{Cite web|last=BBC|title=Silvanus Trevail|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/cornwall/content/articles/2009/01/05/history_silvanustrevail_feature.shtml|access-date=2020-09-25|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-gb}}</ref> This, together with planning problems,{{clarify|date=January 2022|reason=what problems?}} delayed completion until June 1900, by which time a rival hotel, the Victoria, which had started construction later, was already open. The contractor for the Headland was Arthur Carkeek of Redruth with the terracotta coming from Ruabon, North Wales. James Shoolbred & Co of London supplied most of the furniture.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Silvanus Trevail, Cornish Architect and Entrepreneur|publisher=Francis Boutle|year=2008|isbn=978-1903427439|location=UK|pages=208}}</ref>
Trevail suggested the hotel would be 'The largest hotel in the west', twice the size of the Atlantic hotel and in a better position. The building was lavishly decorated with red Rueben terracotta columns and pediments. It had an electric lift and electric lighting in all 120 rooms.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=File:1950RAC-Head.jpg – Graces Guide|url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/File:1950RAC-Head.jpg|access-date=2021-03-12|website=www.gracesguide.co.uk}}</ref> Originally the cost of building the hotel was estimated at £25,000 including £4,000's worth of terracotta, but Trevail installed luxurious furnishings from Heal's of London, expensive kitchen equipment, a tennis court and 4 croquet lawns. The eventual cost was £50,000 all together.<ref name=":0" />
The hotel received its first guests in June 1900.<ref>{{cite web |title=About us |url=https://www.headlandhotel.co.uk/about-us/ |website=Headlands Hotel |access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> It is, according to Nikolaus Pevsner, "decidedly disappointing, Victorian, yellow and red brick, tall and symmetrical, pavilion roofs and no redeeming features".<ref>Pevsner, N. (1970) ''Cornwall''; 2nd ed. revised by Enid Radcliffe. Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 126</ref> It is one of the few hotels in Newquay to retain its original appearance.<ref name=NHLE />
In 1911, Edward, Prince of Wales, and his brother Prince Albert (later Kings Edward VIII and George VI respectively) recuperated at the hotel after catching measles and mumps while studying at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.<ref>{{Cite book|first=Denis|last=Judd|year=1982|title=King George VI|publisher=Michael Joseph|location=London|isbn=0-7181-2184-8|page=24}}</ref>
During World War II the hotel was requisitioned as an RAF hospital, as were many other hotels in Newquay.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our History {{!}} The Headland 5-Star Hotel in Newquay|url=https://www.headlandhotel.co.uk/about-us/history/|access-date=2021-12-31|website=www.headlandhotel.co.uk}}</ref>
The 1990 film adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel ''The Witches'' was shot here, and was called "Hotel Excelsior" in the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.headlandhotel.co.uk/the-headland/our-location.php|title=The location of the Headland Hotel|publisher=The Headland Hotel|access-date=2010-04-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223210057/http://www.headlandhotel.co.uk/the-headland/our-location.php|archive-date=2010-02-23}}</ref>
=== 21st-century === During the UK lockdown, the ocean-facing side of the building was covered in scaffolding as builders replaced many of the wooden windowsills, restored the four sunset view balconies, and carried out essential repairs to the rest of the exterior, as part of a £55,000 conservation programme.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2021-03-29|title=Headland Hotel in Newquay covered in scaffolding as part of £55,000 refurb|url=https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/headland-hotel-in-newquay-covered-in-scaffolding-as-part-of-55k-repair-work/|access-date=2021-04-01|website=InYourArea.co.uk}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Portal|Cornwall}} * {{Official website|http://www.headlandhotel.co.uk}}
Category:Newquay Category:Hotels in Cornwall Category:Grade II listed buildings in Cornwall Category:Silvanus Trevail buildings Category:Grade II listed hotels