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London's first Corinthia Hotel set for 2011 launch


Operator to add ninth property to global portfolio with new 294-bedroom hotel on Northumberland Avenue By Martin Nash


The hotel will boast 294


Corinthia Hotels' first London hotel – and the world's ninth


– is due to open early next year. Corinthia Hotel London will


be housed within an existing Victorian building on Northum- berland Avenue between Trafalgar Square and the River Thames and set around an inner foyer and garden. Facilities will include two


restaurants, a luxury spa, a concept cocktail bar, board- room meeting facilities and a refurbished grand ballroom.


rooms, including 45 suites. Some of the latter will be on duplex floors, inside historic turrets, and feature private lifts and terraces. The two-bedroom Royal Suite, at more than 470sq m (5,000sq ft), will be one of the largest in the capital. Interior design is being led


by GA Design International, which is also creating the ESPA spa, as well as the suites and one of the two restaurants. Interiors' designer David Collins is creating the bar, Bassoon, and specialty restaurant.


The new Corinthia property will be located near Trafalgar Square By Martin Nash


Althorp House set to receive £10m refurbishment Funding for the work came


Althorp House in Northamp- tonshire, ancestral home of the Spencer family since the early 16th century, is undergoing a £10m facelift. Building conservation and


restoration specialist William Anelay has been awarded the contract to carry out phases of restoration work at the house. The scheme – due to last around a year – will involve


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The project is due to last a year


re-roofing, stonework replace- ments and extensive refurbish- ment of the mathematical tiles which face much of the house.


from a sale of historic family heirlooms held by auctioneers Christies earlier this year, which raised a total of £21.1m. Home to Charles Spencer, the


ninth Earl Spencer, the house is open for two months during the summer, with visitors able to access 19 of its many rooms. A stable block contains an


exhibition reflecting on the life of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, Charles Spencer's sister.


HLF support for theatre revamp


Plans for a £4m develop- ment at the New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth have received a first-round pass from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The venue is working


with the University of Portsmouth on the project and has been given a grant of £63,000 to help progress its bid for a full award worth nearly £1m.


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