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St Pancras International and the former Midland Grand Hotel

Historic site · King's Cross, England

St Pancras International is a working railway station on Euston Road, with the former Midland Grand Hotel across its front. The station of 1865–69 and the hotel of 1868–76 are Grade I listed together, NHLE 1342037. The hotel building is now a hotel and apartments and is publicly accessible only in part.

History

George Gilbert Scott designed both the station and the Midland Grand Hotel; the train shed of 1865–68 is by the engineer William Henry Barlow (NHLE 1342037). It is built in deep red Gripper's patent Nottingham brick with Ancaster stone dressings and shafts of grey and red Peterhead granite, and the slated roofs were renewed in 1994 in carefully diminishing courses. The Gothic Revival frontage is of 23 windows flanked by towers, with a curved 10-window wing. The listing covers the train shed, terminus facilities, offices, ancillary buildings, taxi stand, warehousing, substructure and forecourt structures, not the hotel front alone. A K6 telephone kiosk outside the station is Grade II listed, NHLE 1393675. The site lies in the King's Cross and St Pancras Conservation Area, designated by Camden as local planning authority, which carries no list entry number.

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Euston Road, London N1C 4QP

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