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A new hotel for the Old City
A historic building in the Old City could have almost 20 hotel bedrooms built on its upper floors.
Horts on Broad Street was originally built as a house around 1792 but it has also been an auctioneers and a restaurant.
Its basement dates back to the 15th century, with historians believing that this basement might once have been used as a tavern while the upper floors were used for warehouse purposes.
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Currently a pub operated by Young’s, Hort’s was once one of Bristol’s most fashionable restaurants, which opened in 1922 and was sold to Berni Inns two decades later.
Young’s plans for the Grade II-listed building are to create 19 bedrooms on the first and second floors, with the pub remaining on the ground floor but the existing cinema room removed and a new lobby and reception area created.
Under the plans, the basement with its barrel-vaulted ceiling would contain a new staff room, the top floor remaining primarily for storage, and new rooflights proposed to allow natural light into the bedrooms.
Siblings Richard, Annie and Bessie Hort moved Hort’s restaurant to Broad Street in 1922 – photo: Bristol Archives
The unusual tiling on the first floor is believed to be related to the use of the building as a restaurant from the 1920s – photo: Heritage Potential
The barrel vaulted basement is the oldest surviving fabric in the building, dating to the 15th century. – photo: Heritage Potential
One side of Horts faces Tailors Court and Merchant Taylors’ Hall – photo: Martin Booth
The Grade II-listed building was built as a three-storey house around 1792 – photo: Martin Booth
Main photo: Martin Booth
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