Bristol's Grosvenor Hotel to be completely demolished in March

The building has been left in a partially demolished state

The demolition of a condemned hotel will be completed by the end of March.

Crews started tearing down the former Grosvenor Hotel near Temple Meads station in Bristol on 4 February, but stopped work just a few days later.

The building's owner, Nimish Popat, was subject to a series of court actions by Bristol City Council demanding he made the building safe or demolish it.

Council bosses confirmed that contractors would finish the work by the end of next month.

The only remaining bit of the hotel standing is the 1930s curved rear extension building, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

It has been a ruined shell since it was hit by a large fire in October 2022.

Bristol Council created an exclusion zone around the unsafe building in spring 2023.

This included a path and bus lane on Temple Way, causing disruption to public transport.

'A mess'

Bus campaigner David Redgewell told a council meeting on 12 February that urgent action was needed.

"There are no contractors on site, bits of the building and rubble are falling down onto the bus stops below which are still closed for safety reasons and the thing is a mess.

"What I'm asking today is for the council to take urgent action - serve notice, get demolition underway, clear that site and reopen the facilities for the travelling public including the cycleway and walkway."

Council chief executive Stephen Peacock said: "Building enforcement colleagues at the council did go down there last week and the contractor confirmed to them that the work is scheduled to be continuing.

"As we understand it, it will be done and it will be done by the end of March but it's the building owner's responsibility."