Tamworth hotel undergoes £50,000 refurbishment

A TAMWORTH hotel has undergone a £50,000 refurbishment with upgrades to its rooms and dining facilities.

The Grade II Listed Peel Hotel, in Aldergate, has refurbished 20 bed rooms and expanded a former pizza restaurant based within the building.

Christopher Gill Jnr, part of the management team which owns the hotel, said: “The pizza restaurant at the front of the building moved on and we had a chance to reintegrate restaurant space into the premises because we didn’t have a street presence.

“We are increasing our indoor restaurant from 25 to 40 and after previously owning a restaurant in Tamworth called Christopher’s, we have decided that will be the name of the new restaurant.

“One of the great new features of the renovation is that we will have a proper reception area and we can’t wait until it is completed.”

During the renovation, the family contracted plumbers merchant W H Horton to supply bathroom equipment.

By coincidence, between 1951 and 1982 W H Horton was based in the hotel building.

“It is ironic that we chose a business which was based here for over 30 years to supply all the bathroom equipment that we needed from toilets to pipework to upgrade our bedrooms,” said Gill.

After W H Horton moved, the building went through several incarnations before it became a hotel about 15 years ago.

W H Horton owner Shaun Gault said their old premises had played a vital part in the company’s history and it had been interesting to visit throughout the project.

“W H Horton was formed in 1951 and I have owned it for the last 12 years,” he said. “We moved from West Street to premises which were 25% bigger in Kettlebrook Road three years ago.

“We started supplying heating and plumbing supplies for bathrooms in Aldergate in 1951 and are still going strong.

“It has been a pleasure to play our part in a new chapter of the building’s life to ensure the refurbishment work was completed in time.”

Rob Cockle, director at Baldwins Accountants, which advises W H Horton, said it was great to see a long-established Tamworth business involved in the revamp of another town institution.

“Shaun is passionate about his business and its history and the two played a substantial part in this contract,” he said.

“It seemed fitting they should provide the bathroom fittings at premises which were their home for over three decades.”

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