Imperial Hotel, Barrow-in-Furness It now contains 49 rooms, a rooftop terrace and the Aspire cocktail lounge. Imperial Hotel, Barrow-in-Furness The Imperial Hotel (formerly "Hotel Imperial") located on Cornwallis Street in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England is a 4-star Grade II listed hotel built in 1875. The iconic five storey building was designed by architect Thomas Bennet and, like many Barrow buildings, constructed of red brick and sandstone. Other notable features of the building are the balcony located directly above the main entrance and the two decorative lamps standing in front of the hotel, which are also Grade II listed. The hotel underwent a £1 million
Imperial Federation League indulged in very vague generalities. The Victorian branch of the league weds itself to no scheme, and will have nothing to do with ways and means to effect its object. … This promised land seems just a little indefinite." Many in the Victorian branch regarded the Federation of Australia as the first step towards Imperial Federation. Imperial Federation League The Imperial Federation League was a 19th-century organisation which aimed to promote the reorganisation of the British Empire into an Imperial Federation. It was founded in London in 1884. Branches were established in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Barbados and British Guiana.