A newly hatched UK thinktank plan to turn historic, old prisons into high-end boutique hotels may be taking hotel security a bit too far. The project would reinvent famous slammers such as London’s Wormwood Scrubs, Petonville, Dartmoor and the 400 year-old Shepton Mallet hoosegow.
This prison/hotel conversion model is not so unconventional. Last year we reported on the very stylish renovation of Het Arresthuis Hotel in Roermond, Netherlands. And six years ago, the Malmaison Hotel Group in the UK transformed an Oxford jail into a modern boutique property. While here in the U.S., The Liberty in Boston is a great example of jail to hotel conversion.
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Brrrr ! No thank you, not for me.
I like the idea. Some of these buildings are pretty beautiful, so to me it makes sense to do something good with them.
Another jailhouse hotel: Hotel Brasserie au violon in Basel, Switzerland. Located in the medieval Lohnhof complex, this was a convent in the 13th century, then a jail (until just a few years ago!). Since 1995, it has housed the hotel–two cells converted for each hotel room–and a very good restaurant with a shady outdoor terrace.That, plus a music museum, community center and kindergarten. Great re-purposing in the heart of the city!
Thanks for the addition.