List of hotels opened in the 1840s

Wikidata records 63 hotels that opened in the 1840s, from 1840 to 1849, in 20 countries; most of them in the United Kingdom (13), Germany (8) and the United States (8).^[1][2] The best known, by the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article on it, is Peckforton Castle, opened in 1844. The year with the most recorded openings is 1840, with 11.

Method

A hotel is listed under the year of the earliest date Wikidata gives for its official opening or, where it gives none, its inception. For a building converted into a hotel, the inception is often that of the building. Hotels that have since closed are included. Decades with at least 25 dated hotels have a list of their own. Within each year, hotels are in alphabetical order.^[1][2]

Summary

By type: hotel (41), inn (15), bed and breakfast (2), country house hotel (1) and destination spa (1), and 3 of other types. By country: United Kingdom (13), Germany (8), United States (8), Australia (6), Switzerland (6), Canada (4), Austria (2), Brazil (2), India (2), Denmark (1), and 10 more countries. Architectural styles recorded most often: Georgian (2), Arts and Crafts movement (1), Georgian Revival (1), Gothic (1), Greek Revival (1), Jacobethan (1), National Park Service rustic (1), Neoclassical (1), Queen Anne style (1), vernacular (1).^[1][2]

Architects

Architects and firms with an article in Innpedia who designed hotels opened in the 1840s, by the number of them.

• Anthony Salvin (1)
• Caspar Josef Jeuch (1)
• Gridley James Fox Bryant (1)

See also

• List of hotels opened in the 1830s
• List of hotels opened in the 1850s
• List of oldest hotels
• Hotels by architectural style
• List of hotel architects

References

1. ^ Date of official opening (P1619). Wikidata. CC0.
2. ^ Inception (P571). Wikidata. CC0.

Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.