New hotel with its very own chapel
boutique nine-bedroom hotel 17 West Street which they renovated.
Andrew said: “HSBC’s and my family’s financial backing and guidance allowed us to renovate our second property in Scarborough.
“We aim to provide affordable luxury accommodation in the area as well as a venue for family celebrations and business meetings. The Chapel House is a beautiful property, with a lot of history behind it and we look forward to welcoming guests.”
Phil Look, the bank’s area director, said: “HSBC is committed to supporting the growth of local businesses in Scarborough and beyond, and we’re pleased to be backing Andrew Wyatt through our dedicated lending fund, which this year totals £300 million for North and East Yorkshire.
“The Chapel House Hotel is an ambitious business led by a dedicated and experienced family and we wish them all the best for the future.”
The renovation has taken a long time to complete and is the latest hotel in the South Cliff area to raise the level of accommodation provision with new investments, including the Bay New Southlands in West Street, the Red Lea Hotel in Prince of WalesTerrace,theCumberland, and with the Crown Spa and the Esplanade having new owners.
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The Chapel House property was owned by Mary Craven, who lived at the Esplanade. She remained a church-supporting spinster for all of her life, and paid large sums to create the High Victorian Church of St Martin-on-the-Hill in memory of her father Robert Martin Craven, a GP from Hull who moved to Scarborough’s South Cliff when it was expanding in the mid-19th century.
St Martin’s reflected the work of the new wave of artists William Morris, Edwards Burne-Jones, Dante Rossetti, Philip Webb and Ford Madox Brown. But the quirky spinster was later caught “purloining flowers” from the church grounds and threatened with “proceedings” if she did it again.
Miss Craven died at 75 in 1889. Her funeral at St Martin’s attracted a large congregation.
She also provided money for All Saints on Falsgrave (demolished) and St Martin’s Grammar School at 60 Ramshill Road.