A BEAUTIFUL new Wetherspoons hotel with a “tower suite” is set to open its doors in an English seaside town.
The Sir Henry Segrave pub, in Southport, currently occupies the ground floor of the historic building in Merseyside.
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It is just steps from the main beach which is home to the much-loved Pleasureland theme park.
Now, the town’s Wetherspoons is set to create 30 new rooms in the hotel.
The application submitted and approved by Sefton Council shows how new rooms will be built on the first, second and third floors.
The ground floor would be turned into a hotel reception with a dedicated entrance, along with bar and kitchen upgrades.
Meanwhile, the first, second and third floors would include the bedrooms, as well as a “plant room” and even tower suite.
According to JH.A architects, who submitted the plans on behalf of JD Wetherspoon, the building’s external details “will be retained”.
The inside will be designed as “a traditional pub aesthetic” with “historical plaques” celebrating the site’s heritage featured.
The historic building dates back to 1880, although the pub opened in 1995.
It is named after Sir Henry Segrave, who raised the land-speed record to 231mph in 1929 when Southport was the leading destination for motor racing.
He died in 1930 on Lake Windemere during a trial run for the water speed record.
The Southport pub is not the only Wetherspoons pub in the UK with hotel rooms inside.
Also known for it’s huge pier, Southport is a popular seaside resort for holidaymakers, with plans to transform the coastline with a new water attraction.
The first Wetherspoons hotel opened back in 1998, being the 22-bedroom Shrewsbury hotel.
There are now more than 40 across the UK, with the majority above or next to the pub.
Here’s what one Brit thought when staying in a Wetherspoons hotel.
While impressed with the free water and biscuits, he said it was “nothing special” and compared it to a Travelodge hotel.
And also set to open in the UK is Wetherspoon’s first “Super Spoons”.
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The £5million attraction will have the UK’s biggest beer garden, as well as 26 bedrooms.
We’ve also rounded up some of the most beautiful Wetherspoons in the UK.
Which Wetherspoons pubs have already closed?
44 Wetherspoon pubs have already closed their doors. Here’s the full list:
- The John Masefield, New Ferry
- Angel, Islington
- The Silkstone Inn, Barnsley
- The Billiard Hall, West Bromwich
- Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, Southampton
- The Colombia Press, Watford
- The Malthouse, Willenhall
- The John Masefield, New Ferry
- Thomas Leaper, Derby
- Cliftonville, Hove
- Tollgate, Harringay
- Last Post, Loughton
- Harvest Moon, Orpington
- Alexander Bain, Wick
- Chapel an Gansblydhen, Bodmin
- Moon on the Square, Basildon
- Coal Orchard, Taunton
- Running Horse, Airside Doncaster Airport
- Wild Rose, Bootle
- Edmund Halley, Lee Green
- The Willow Grove, Southport
- Postal Order, Worcester
- North and South Wales Bank, Wrexham
- The Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Glasgow
- The Knight’s Templar, London
- Christopher Creeke, Bournemouth
- The Water House, Durham
- The Widow Frost, Mansfield
- The Worlds Inn, Romford
- Hudson Bay, Forest Gate
- The Saltoun Inn, Fraserburgh
- The Bankers Draft, Eltham, London
- The Sir John Arderne, Newark
- The Capitol, Forest Hill
- Moon and Bell, Loughborough
- Nightjar, Ferndown
- General Sir Redvers Buller, Crediton
- The Rising Sun, Redditch
- The Butlers Bell, Stafford
- Millers Well, East Ham
- Foxley Hatch, Purley
- The Coronet, London
- The Percy Shaw, Halifax
- Resolution, Middlesborough
