[37831] London - St Pancras Station - Sir John Betjeman

St Pancras Railway Station & Midland Grand Hotel, Euston Road, London N1, 1865-76.

For the Midland Railway Company.

By Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811-1878).

Grade l listed.

 

Statue of Sir John Betjeman (1906-1984).

By Martin Jennings (b1957), 2007.

Betjeman had been the driving force behind efforts to save the station when it was threatened with demolition in the 1960s, and the sculpture stands as a tribute from London & Continental Railways to the man who made their redevelopment of the station possible.

 

And in the shadowless unclouded glare

Deep blue above us fades to whiteness where

A misty sea-line meets the wash of air.

Done