Watson's Hotel
The incredible story about Watson’s Hotel, now Esplanade Mansion, is India’s oldest surviving cast iron building designed by Rowland Mason Ordish who was also associated with St Pancras Station in London
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The hotel was a ‘whites only’ hotel and the most luxurious of its kind. It had a 130 guest rooms, lobby, restaurant, bar and the atrium was used as a ballroom. The hotel lost popularity to the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and closed its doors in 1960’s. Although now grade II listed it has fallen into disrepair
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The hotel was a ‘whites only’ hotel and the most luxurious of its kind. It had a 130 guest rooms, lobby, restaurant, bar and the atrium was used as a ballroom. The hotel lost popularity to the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and closed its doors in 1960’s. Although now grade II listed it has fallen into disrepair
