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There are Great Western Hotels in several places, deriving their name from the Great Western Railway. These include Great Western Hotel (Newquay), in Cornwall; Hilton London Paddington, formerly Great Western Hotel; Malmaison Hotel, Reading, formerly Great Western Hotel; Brass Monkey Hotel, formerly Great Western Hotel in Perth, Western Australia
When the Great Western Main Line from London to Bristol was completed in 1841 a hotel was needed for people visiting the town. According to English Heritage, the building is likely to have been designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who was GWR's Chief Engineer at the time of its construction and who incorporated similar features in the Royal Station Hotel at Slough (which was demolished in 1938).
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The hotel was originally the idea of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who was the hotel's first managing director. The funding came in large part from the Directors of the Great Western Railway Company, who were persuaded by Brunel to buy shares in the project. The hotel was built on Praed Street in the early 1850s and opened on 9 June 1854 by H.R.H.
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