Marine Hotel Laidley's Walk and Manor Road Fleetwood

£42,000 HOTEL FOR FLEETWOOD  Work has started on Fleetwood's new £42,000 hotel—the Marine Hotel, which is being erected on The Esplanade, at the comer of Laidley's Walk and Manor-road on a site already approved by the Corporation for a fully-licensed residential hotel. The hotel, which is near the resort’s principal amenities aims to provide modem comforts for the increasing number of visitors to Fleetwood. For a start, there will be 68 letting bedrooms, all with hot and cold water, on the first and second floors. But if the need arises the building is so designed that an additional floor with 34 letting bedrooms can be added- The cost of the site, including various services, is £8,000, and the building and equipment of the hotel will cost up to £34,000. The architect, Mr. Halstead Best, has designed an up-to-date building with an attractive external appearance. Features include a spacious entrance hall, lounges, cafe, restaurant, smoke room and bars. Central heating will be provided, and there will a passenger lift. A garage for 40 cars and ample parking space are also planned. [Lancashire Evening Post 22 January 1937 page 9]

PROSPECTUS OBJECTS. —The Company has been formed for the purpose specified in Its Memorandum of Association, and particularly : (a) To acquire a Freehold site situated at Fleetwood, having a frontage of approximately 160 feet to Laidleys Walk, and 166 feet to Manor Road, with an Area or 3,377 sup. sq. yards or thereabouts. (b) To adopt plans prepared by the Company’s Architect and approved by the Authorities for the erection of an up-to-date Hotel, and to build, equip and operate the same on completion. SITE —The site to be acquired is one of the most valuable In Fleetwood, ideally situated at the corner of Manor Road and Laldley's Walk, and the only one remaining on the Fleetwood Esplanade, which has been approved by the Corporation for a fully-licensed Residential Hotel. The Vendors have owned this site for number of years and retained it for this special purpose. „ For years past there has been lack satisfactory Hotel accommodation In this popular resort. Modern conveniences, such as gas, main water, main drainage, electric light, telephone, etc., are all available. DESCRIPTION OF HOTEL —The Company’s Architect. Mr. HALSTEAD BEST, FRIBA FSI, of Blackpool, has designed an up-to-date Hotel Building, with an attractive external appearance. The Hotel will have accommodation on the ground floor as follows: —Spacious Entrance Hall, large and small Lounges suitable for Dances, Social Functions and Conferences, Café, Restaurant, Kitchens and usual Offices, Manager’s Office, Smoke Room, Saloon Bar and Public Bar. On the first and second floors will be a total of 68 letting Bedrooms, all with Hot and Cold Water Lavatory Basins, ample Bath and Toilet accommodation and Staff Bedrooms. There will be a large Garage and ample parking space. Plans may be inspected at the office of Mr. Halstead Best or at 163. Poulton Road, Fleetwood. The building is so designed that an additional floor with 35 Letting Bedrooms and 4 Staff Bedrooms can be added when and if found necessary. LICENCE. —It is of first importance to this Company that the Vendors have obtained valuable full provisional Excise Licence for the proposed Hotel and are transferring the benefits thereof to the Company, subject to the usual formal application being made and the approval of the Licensing Authority after the buildings are completed and ready for business. This provisional Excise Licence is the only one granted in Fleetwood during the past 30 years. No other hotel licence is likely to be granted on the Promenade for many years. COMPETITION—There are only two similar Licensed Residential Hotels In Fleetwood. The development of Fleetwood has proceeded rapidly since these were erected, and the resident and visiting population has increased considerably. There Is now a shortage of satisfactory Hotel accommodation in the Town.

Reference    Lancashire Evening Post 22 January 1937 page 9 with illustration
Reference    Lancashire Evening Post 22 January 1937 page 10 – prospectus