The building above is the former Fishguard Bay Hotel near the Ferry Terminal in Fishguard which now stands empty after decades as a hotel.
The first photo shows its current status and the second what it looked like in 1940.
The building initially began life as a manor house in the 1700s named the Wyndcliffe, which was leased by the Rogers family. In 1805 it was sold to David Harries and remained in his family until 1894 when it was sold to the Fishguard and Rosslare Harbour Company. During this time it had been turned into a hotel.
n 1900, planning permission was granted to the Fishguard and Rosslare Harbour Company to build the Fishguard Bay Hotel after the company purchased the Wyncliffe hotel and seven acres of land for £4,500.
When the hotel was built, it had 40 bedrooms, tennis courts and tropical gardens and each of the bedrooms had a telephone. In 1910, it also had two apartment suites, a dining hall, smoking room, two lounges and a billiard room.
It was owned at the time by Great Western Railways. The company closed the hotel in 1951 and was leased by Mrs Burscough in 1959 as a hostel for men building the Milford Haven oil refinery until reopening as a hotel in 1967. It was refurbished in 1974 when it was taken over by the Schell family.
Northern Powerhouse Development Ltd bought the 60-bedroom hotel from the Schell family, who owned it for 58 years, for a reported £966,720, in July 2017.
The hotel went into administration in August 2019 after an investigation into Northern Powerhouse and has been empty since.
A fire in the grounds in June 2020 which was being investigated as arson.
I am a bit unsure of its current status but it needs some serious TLC along with a big capital investment to restore it to its former glories.
