The Met Hotel

The Met Hotel is a Grade II listed building situated on King Street in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Designed by Leeds-based architects Harry Sutton Chorley and J.W. Connon, the hotel opened in 1899^[1] as the Hotel Metropole. The Principal Hayley Group renovated the hotel in 2005, at a cost of £6 million, and changed the name to the trendier sounding 'The Met'. It has four stars and it has 120 rooms.

The Met Hotel
General information
Location	King Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Coordinates	53.796678°N 1.550327°W / 53.796678; -1.550327
Opening	1899
Management	Principal Hotel Company
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Chorley and Connon
Website
https://www.phcompany.com/principal/leeds-met-hotel/

The Hotel Metropole is a listed building, principally because of its rare and remarkable Victorian terracotta facade. The cupola on the roof was taken from the demolished 4th White Cloth Hall, built in 1868 on the same site.

Blue Plaque, The Metropole, King Street, Leeds

Television

• The hotel served as the fictional 'Marble Arch Hotel' in the hit 1991 miniseries The Darling Buds of May.

References

1. Denby, Elaine (2002). Grand Hotels: Reality and Illusion. ISBN 9781861891211.

External links

• The Principal Met Hotel official site
• Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1375038)". National Heritage List for England.

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