The Moorend Park Hotel was one of Charlton Kings most remarkable buildings. It was built between 1835 and 1849 by a Birmingham businessman named Friend Cregoe Colmore to a design by John Buonarotti Papworth, the grandiose private house resembled a grand Bavarian hunting lodge. Papworth was also the architect who designed the Rotunda Building in Montpellier. The extravagant building became a hotel in the 1920’s. The Moorend Park Hotel also boasted a magnificent orangery, but this was demolished in later years. Sadly, the wonderful building was razed to the ground in 1979. The houses in Newcourt Park now occupy the site.
Pubs and Breweries in Gloucestershire Past and Present
