Gloucester House

Gloucester House.

Open by 1938 as a private hotel, under the management of Noel Aarons.
In 1948 the hotel was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Sam Peskin.
Reopened early 1952 with a new 2-story annex. A clipping below shows it before the addition.
In the early 1950s the hotel was managed by Bud Russell, and Glady, his wife, was the receptionist.
In 1965 the Peskins sold the hotel to an English Company.
In 1967 nine luxury rooms were added and suites remodelled. Mr. Sidney Attwood was controlling director.
In 1971, Pat McGann, his wife Lolita, and her brother, bought the failing hotel and renamed it the Doctor's Cave Beach Hotel.
In 1983 the hotel had 60 rooms and 20 suites.
In February 1985, Mrs. McGann wanted to kick the long-time craft vendors off her privately owned Cornwell Beach land that is across from the hotel. [Starting June 1, 1987 she builds a shopping arcade on it.]
In January 1987 there was a Gleaner advertisement of petition for winding up the financial matters of the hotel, presented by Lolita McGann. See clipping below.
After Hurricane Gilbert on September 12, 1988, the hotel carried out restoration work immediately, and reopened on October 12th. There were 93 rooms.
It was last renovated in October 2006.
In September 2013 the property was listed for sale. Down to 2.5 acres from an original five acres. See ad below.
Still there.