Bellgrove Hotel, 607 Gallowgate, Glasgow is a hotel in Glasgow, the United Kingdom.[1] Wikidata describes it as “hotel in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK”. It stands about 1.9 km from the centre of Glasgow.[3]
Overview
The Bellgrove Hotel is a category B listed building in the Gallowgate area of Glasgow. The hotel became notorious as a homeless hostel due to local resident Ally Craig fitting a Glory Hole on the third floor which he dubbed as the French polish department.
From “Bellgrove Hotel” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
Its architecture is described as Streamline Moderne. It is listed as a category B listed building. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 1.9 km from the centre of Glasgow. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Glasgow Airport (GLA), about 12 km from the centre of Glasgow.[4]
It is one of 50 hotels in and around Glasgow recorded in Wikidata, 28 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Innpedia also lists 10 chain-operated properties there. Of the 5 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is Elmbank Gardens, opened in 1973. See Hotels in Glasgow.
Other hotels within 1.5 km:
- Onslow Bed and Breakfast — 0.7 km
- Saracen's Head Inn, Gallowgate, Glasgow — 1.0 km
- Hotel, 1-9 Monteith Place, Glasgow — 1.0 km
- Town Hall And Tontine Building — 1.4 km
See also
- Hotels in Glasgow
- Hotels in the United Kingdom
- Hotels in the Streamline Moderne style
- List of heritage-listed hotels in the United Kingdom
References
- ^ Bellgrove Hotel, 607 Gallowgate, Glasgow (Q17813555). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Bellgrove Hotel, 607 Gallowgate, Glasgow. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-09-18.
- ^ Glasgow (Q4093). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in Glasgow. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.