Ancien hôtel Bristol de Beaulieu, Protected historical monument in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France

The Ancien hôtel Bristol is a pale stone building in two tiers on Rue du Lieutenant-Colonelli. The upper section is set back with rectangular windows under blue awnings and a central glass-fronted pavilion; the lower, projecting section is curved and topped by a shallow dome with an iron crest. Round-arched windows above rectangular ones are separated by paired columns, and white sculpted figures recline on the cornice.

Sir Blundell Maple, a London furniture maker, commissioned the hotel in 1897; builder Baptistin Serraire and Danish architect Hans-Georg Tersling completed it on 16 December 1898, and it opened on 5 January 1899. A fire on 28 March 1911 destroyed the top two floors, leaving four. In 1954 the promoter Saglia converted it into high-end co-ownership apartments.

The hotel's name comes from the English firm Maple & Co, whose owner Sir Blundell Maple commissioned the building; its furniture was shipped from London for the January 1899 opening. Concerts and plays were staged in the pavilions at each end of the block, and the separate Rotonde opened in 1904 as the Verandah Restaurant and tea-room.

The building is located on Rue du Lieutenant Colonelli and is visible from the street, with architectural details observable from outside. Keep in mind that the property is now privately owned and not open for interior visits, but the exterior appearance and facade history can be appreciated from public spaces nearby.

The Rotonde, the hotel's former Verandah Restaurant and tea-room, was begun in 1899 and finished in January 1904 by the same architects. Long neglected and nearly demolished, it was expropriated by the town in the 1970s, converted into a congress centre in 1982 and listed as a monument historique on 23 June 1978.