Moat House Glasgow Crowne Plaza Hotel, Scottish accommodation building, Congress Rd River Clyde rooms location
Moat House Hotel Glasgow
Crowne Plaza: Congress Road City Centre Accommodation by River Clyde, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
post updated 15 February 2025
No larger image of the Crowne Plaza building:
Moat House Glasgow Hotel building photo © Adrian Welch
Address: Congress Rd, Glasgow, Strathclyde, G3 8QT, Scotland, UK
Contact Moat House Glasgow on 0141 306 9988
Moat House Hotel
No larger image of this accommodation on the north bank of the River Clyde:
Congress Road accommodation building photo © AW
The Moat House Hotel has 15 meeting rooms for conferences or events. The Club Moativation – health & fitness club – has an indoor pool with hot spa, steam room and sauna.
Moat House Glasgow has good views across the River Clyde, especially from the top floors of course (this hotel is one of the highest in the Moat House chain, at time of writing numbering 30 hotels). There are two restaurants at the hotel – No.1 Dockside and Mariner – plus a bar – The Quarterdeck.
The Context : River Clyde Glasgow
Views from the hotel building to the Science Centre:
images of the Science Centre building by Adrian Welch
Construction of the building’s superstructure began in 1988. The property opened in 1989 as the Forum Hotel.
The building later came under the ownership of Queens Moat Houses where it was renamed the Glasgow Moat House International, which was later shortened to Glasgow Moat House.
In 2005, Queens Moat Houses entered into a franchise agreement with InterContinental Hotels Group to operate the hotel as a Crowne Plaza hotel.
Crowne Plaza Glasgow Hotel
Crowne Plaza Glasgow is a high-rise hotel in the Finnieston area. It is a 4-star accommodation property on the banks of the River Clyde adjacent to the SEC Centre, the SEC Armadillo and the OVO Hydro.
The building, along with the adjacent SEC Campus buildings, is frequently used as one of the most recognisable images of the modern Clydeside.
History:
The need for a new hotel next to the SEC had been recognised since the scheme’s inception – the initial plans for the building were first unveiled in 1984. The Glasgow Hoteliers’ Association (GHA) blocked the plans initially claiming that the city did not need any more hotel capacity. Later the GHA relented when an agreement was struck with the Scottish Development Agency (SDA) that it would only contribute taxpayer funding to new hotels of up to 200 bedrooms.
River Clyde generally:
images of the River Clyde adjacent to this accommodation by AW
Moat House Glasgow – Location
Located opposite the Science Centre and emerging BBC Scotland and just west of ‘Armadillo’ and the SECC.
Glasgow Architecture Walking Tours – tailored city walks by our guides
Glasgow Building Designs
Contemporary Glasgow Property Designs – recent Strathclyde architectural selection below:
Buildings located next door, around the north side of this property:
SEC – Scottish Event Campus, Exhibition Way, G3 8YW
SECC Glasgow
A building sited next door, on the east side of this property:
Glasgow Armadillo – Clyde Auditorium
Design: Foster + Partners Architects
Glasgow Armadillo
Building located to the south, across the River Clyde:
BBC Scotland, 40 Pacific Quay, G51 1DA – south side of the River Clyde
Design: Devid Chipperfield Architects with Keppie Design
BBC Scotland
Science Centre Glasgow, 50 Pacific Quay, G51 1EA
Design: BDP Architects
Science Centre Glasgow
Imax Cinema
Glasgow Imax
Glasgow Tower
Glasgow Tower
Location: Glasgow, Strathclyde, southwest Scotland, UK
Strathclyde Building Designs
Strathclyde Property Designs – recent south west Scotland architectural selection below:
Buchanan Wharf Glasgow Office Development
photo courtesy of Drum Property Group
Buchanan Wharf Glasgow Office Development
Allander Leisure Centre Building in Bearsden
Design: Holmes Miller
image courtesy of architects practice
Some major visitor attractions in the general area south west of the city centre:
Riverside Museum Glasgow, north side of the River Clyde, southwest of the city centre
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
Burrell Museum
Original design by Barry Gasson, Brit Andersson
Redevelopment design: John McAslan + Partners, London
photograph © Adrian Welch
Comments / photos for the Glasgow Moat House Hotel at Congress Road, G3 8QT, page welcome.
Website: www.moathousehotels.com and select ‘Glasgow’