Sad news in the Leicester Mercury. The Angel Hotel in Market Harborough has closed permanently.
The Mercury report says the owners have decided to cease trading 'with a heavy heart' for a number of reasons, including the coronavirus lockdown.
I have to admit I didn't go in there very often, unless it was to watch the rugby on television. It was the sort of place that hosted the annual dinners of local clubs and societies - and there's nothing wrong with that.
No doubt the building will be bought by Brooke House College, the private school aimed at overseas students which already rents some of the upstairs rooms, as it continues its takeover of the town.
The Angel is a Grade II Listed building. You can read about it on the British Listed Buildings site.
Ta for the listed building link. It sounds like one of many British and Irish road houses which has run its course. And there are many much prettier.
ReplyDeleteIf you can't run water and electricity through it well enough to operate as a hotel, it probably won't work as a school either. I assume that the prospects for Brooke House College are less positive than they were nine months ago.