article_snippet.sent: No-one was not yet known how many people were inside The Randolph Hotel at the time.
article_snippet.sent: The Randolph was built in 1864 by William Wilkinson, an architect who also designed many other buildings in North Oxford, and first opened in 1866.
article_snippet.sent: There have been many attempts to preserve the grandeur of the building with major refurbishments taking place in 1952, 1978, 1988 and most recently in 2001, at a cost of £4 million, which saw the redecoration of 119 bedrooms and the creation of three new meeting rooms.