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Cruden Bay Hotel
Cruden Bay Hotel was a hotel in Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Following the success of the Palace Hotel in Aberdeen, it was built between 1897 and 1899 by the same owners.[1] It closed in 1932 and was demolished between 1947 and 1952. The hotel had 55 rooms, tennis courts, croquet lawns and lawn-bowling greens.[2] It was part of a grand scheme to transform Cruden Bay into an upmarket luxury resort, one that was described as the Brighton of Aberdeenshire.[3] The Cruden Bay Hotel Tramway operated an electric tramway service between the hotel and Cruden Bay railway station between 1899 and 1940.[4] Notable patrons of the hotel include British prime ministers H. H. Asquith and David Lloyd George, who met there for afternoon tea, while Winston Churchill played on the golf course.[3] Christian Watt worked in the hotel laundry building, which survived until the late 20th century.[5] After the hotel's closure, the building was used as barracks during the Second World War.[2] The former location of the hotel is now occupied by Links View and Links Place, streets immediately to the north of Cruden Bay Golf Club.[6]  References
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