Driscoll House, Grade II listed accommodation in New Kent Road, London Borough of Southwark, England.
Driscoll House is a Grade II listed hotel and hostel on New Kent Road in the London Borough of Southwark. The building spans several floors in an early institutional Baroque style and holds around 200 rooms of different types, with shared bathrooms on each floor.
The building opened in 1913 as Ada Lewis House and was one of the first lodging places in London reserved only for women. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, officially opened it, giving the place a public profile from the start.
Two memorial plaques on the facade honor those who died in the two World Wars, and visitors can see them right at the entrance. They serve as a direct, visible connection between the building and the lives of people in the city during those periods.
The property sits directly on New Kent Road and is easy to reach by public transport. Rooms come with basic furnishings, and bathrooms are shared per floor, so it is worth keeping that in mind when planning your stay.
Before taking its current name, the building was known as Rest Up London, and over its history it welcomed guests from around 210 different countries. That range of origins makes it one of the most internationally varied lodging places of its kind in the city.
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