Application of fire engineering for a Grade II listed hotel

15 Old Bailey was originally built in 1874 and formerly home to the first London Hotel with electrical light. The building was then used as a serviced office building and reopened as a hotel in autumn 2024. The project development of this Grade II listed building included a general refurbishment, extension and change of use to a luxury hotel. This article describes the key fire safety features that form part of the fire safety strategy for the new hotel. This strategy considered how to meet legislative requirements while supporting the architectural vision and heritage restrictions, and the economic constraints. Specific focus is given to the application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling as part of the smoke shaft design for the new firefighting shaft.