The stunning architecture occupied a large site at the corner of Westborough and Valley Bridge Road until it was demolished in 1973. The five-storey hotel was replaced with the brutalist concrete Pavilion House, which is home to offices and shops.
It is considered by many to be the “ugliest” building in Scarborough and a decline in standards ... take a look back at these classic photos of Scarborough’s Pavilion Hotel.
5. Beauty and the Beast
Parked outside the Pavilion Hotel, a tram converted to resemble a First World War tank. In the Feed the Guns campaign, in 1918, the public could pay to see inside a tank and thus raise money for the war effort. Photo: Contributed
6. Beauty and the Beast
The Pavilion Hotel can be seen on the extreme right of this view down Westborough. Photo: Contributed
7. Beauty and the Beast
Previously a large house, the hotel was bought by the Laughton family in 1908 after moving across the road from their former home the Victoria Hotel on Westborough. Photo: Contributed
8. Beauty and the Beast
Pavilion Square pictured in 1959. Photo: Scarborough Evening News