 It is located on the Quayside and overlooks the Millennium Bridge between Newcastle and Gateshead.It originally opened in 1997 with 122 rooms and was refurbished in 2015 at a cost of £1.2 million.HM Prison Oxford until 1996, the building was converted by Malmaison between 2003 and December 2005, as part of the wider Oxford Castle regeneration project.