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The St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel forms the frontispiece of St Pancras railway station in St Pancras, London. The station is one of the main rail termini in London and the final stop for international trains departing to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and other destinations in mainland Europe. It re-opened in 2011, and occupies much of the former Midland Grand Hotel designed by George Gilbert Scott which opened in 1873 and closed in 1935. The hotel is managed by Marriott International.
St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel
The building as a whole including the apartments is known as St Pancras Chambers and between 1935 and the 1980s was used as railway offices.. The upper levels of the original building were redeveloped between 2005 and 2011 as apartments by the Manhattan Loft Corporation. Its clock tower stands at 76 m (249 ft) tall, with more than half its height usable.
Hotels history
In 1865 the Midland Railway Company held a competition for the design of a 150-bed hotel to be constructed next to its railway station, St Pancras, which was still under construction at the time. Eleven designs were submitted, including one by George Gilbert Scott, which, at 300 rooms, was much bigger and more expensive than the original specifications. Despite this, the company liked his plans and construction began.[3] Scott's design was for a hotel with five floors below roof level but in the event it was built with four (which remains the case today) to save on construction costs – although the Midland Railway frequently reproduced Scott's original impression, showing the hotel with its non-existent top floor, in its publicity material. The east wing opened on 5 May 1873,[9] with the Midland Railway appointing Herr Etzensberger (formerly of the Victoria Hotel, Venice) as general manager. The hotel was completed in spring 1876.[10]
Design of the Midland Grand Hotel St Pancras, showing the fifth floor which was not built, c. 1876
The hotel was expensive, with costly fixtures including a grand staircase, rooms with gold leaf walls and a fireplace in every room. It had many innovative features such as hydraulic lifts, concrete floors, revolving doors and fireproof floor constructions, though none of the rooms had bathrooms, as was the convention of the time.
The hotel was taken over by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1922 before closing in 1935, by which time its utilities were outdated and too costly to maintain, such as the armies of servants needed to carry chamber pots, tubs, bowls and spittoons.
After closing as a hotel, the building was renamed St Pancras Chambers and used as railway offices, eventually for British Rail.
British Rail had hoped to demolish it, but was thwarted in a high-profile campaign by Jane Hughes Fawcett and her colleagues at the Victorian Society, a historic preservationist organisation founded in part to preserve the Victorian railways and other buildings. Officials dubbed Jane Fawcett the "furious Mrs Fawcett" for her unceasing efforts, and in 1967, the Hotel and the St Pancras station received Grade I listed status.
The building continued its use as rail offices, until the 1980s when it failed fire safety regulations and was shut down. The exterior was restored and made structurally sound at a cost of around £10 million in the 1990s.[
The station was constructed by the Midland Railway (MR), to connect its extensive rail network, across the Midlands and North of England, to a dedicated line into London. After rail traffic problems following the 1862 International Exhibition, the MR decided to build a connection from Bedford to London with its own terminus. The station was designed by William Henry Barlow, with wrought iron pillars supporting a single-span roof. At 689 feet (210 m) by 240 feet (73.2 m) wide, and 100 feet (30.5 m) high, it was then the largest enclosed space in the world. Following the station's opening 1 October 1868, the MR built the Midland Grand Hotel on the station's façade. George Gilbert Scott won the competition to design it, with an ornate Gothic red-brick scheme. St Pancras has been widely praised for its architecture and is now a Grade I listed building.
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Arribats, de nou, a Londres. Des del 2014, que no passava per aquí, jo. Ara, m'en sé un parell que no hi havien estat mai...
Sense dubtes, la estació neogòtica de St. Pancras és de les més espectaculars de Londres. Ah, també ha aparegut a moltes pel·licules, com Harry Potter i la Cambra Secreta.
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Here, we are in London. Again. For me, it's the first visit since 2014. But it's first time for the children.
Without doubt, St. Pancras Station is one of the most spectacular train stations in London. It appears in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and many other movies.
The St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel forms the frontispiece of St Pancras railway station in St Pancras, London. The station is one of the main rail termini in London and the final stop for international trains departing to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and other destinations in mainland Europe. It opened in 2011, and occupies much of the former Midland Grand Hotel designed by George Gilbert Scott which opened in 1873 and closed in 1935. The hotel is managed by Marriot International.
The building as a whole including the apartments is known as St Pancras Chambers and between 1935 and the 1980s was used as railway offices. The upper levels of the original building were redeveloped between 2005 and 2011 as apartments by the Manhattan Loft Corporation Its clock tower stands at 76 m (249 ft) tall, with more than half its height usable.
The hotel is located in the vicinity of Euston, King's Cross and St Pancras railway stations.
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Originally constructed in 1868, this station underwent major redevelopment in the first decade of this century in order to become the Eurostar terminal. One of the new fleet of trains is in view.
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An HDR composition.
St Pancras contains four groups of platforms on two levels, accessed via the main concourse at ground level. The below-surface group contains through platforms A and B, and the upper level has three groups of terminal platforms: domestic platforms 1–4 and 11–13 on each side of international platforms 5–10. Platforms A & B serve Thameslink, 1–4 connect to the Midland Main Line, while platforms 5–13 lead to High Speed 1; there is no connection between the two lines, except for a maintenance siding outside the station There are also a variety of shops and restaurants within the station concourse.[93]
The longer international platforms, used by Eurostar, extend into Barlow's train shed, whilst the other platforms terminate at the southern end of the 2005 extension. The international platforms do not occupy the full width of the Barlow train shed, and sections of the floor area have been opened up to provide natural light to the new ground-level concourse below. Eurostar's arrival and departure lounges lie below these platforms, adjacent to The Arcade, a concourse fashioned from the original station undercroft which runs along the western length of the Barlow train shed. The southern end of The Arcade links to the western ticket hall of King's Cross St Pancras tube station.
The East Midlands Railway platforms are at the northern end of The Arcade, while the Thameslink and domestic High Speed platforms are reached via a street-level concourse where the old and new parts of the station meet. The main pedestrian entrance is at the eastern end of this concourse, where a subway enables pedestrians to reach King's Cross station and the northern ticket hall of the tube station.
This is the normally busy foot tunnel connecting St. Pancras and London Kings Cross stations. This was taken on the day of the U.K. national rail strike so it was deserted. Try catching a bus that night though!
Railways, stations and trains. The clock tower of the former Midland Railway's Midland Grand Hotel, adjoining St Pancras station in London.
At the time of the opening of the station on 1 October 1868, the single span roof, whose end is just visible on the right, was the biggest enclosed space in the world, the whole being designed by William Barlow.
Sir Gilbert Scott won the competition to design the hotel that the Midland Railway decided was required and created the ornate red brick Gothic building. Opened fully in April 1876, the hotel had many then innovative features, such as fireproof floors and hydraulic lifts, but the lack of bathrooms amongst other factors ended its hotel days in 1935.
From 1935 to 1980 it served as railway offices, this part of its life then coming to a close as it failed the then fire safety standards, perhaps ironic since fire safety features had made the hotel stand out in its early days.
Earlier than that, in the mid 1960s, closure of the station was being considered, as was demolition of the whole site, but Grade 1 Listing in 1967 concentrated minds on how it would be maintained for a long term future.
The hotel reopened as the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in 2011. By then the station was St Pancras International, Eurostar services having transferred here from London Waterloo in November 2007.
In St Pancras train station
you can experience the magic of Christmas like never before with much-loved Christmas Tree, this year partnering with Universal Pictures UK to celebrate the release of the highly anticipated film of the season: Wicked.
Christmas is about experiences and this tree, fuelled by imagination, immersion and a little bit of festive magic, provides the best thing to see this Christmas in London.
The stunnafying tree is an ode to the Emerald City featured in Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, based on the global blockbuster stage musical. Standing at 11 metres-high, this beacon of striking green and opulent gold showcases the splendour of the film, while complementing St. Pancras’s architecture
The tree is a visual spectacle designed to delight from all angles, immersive Ozian booths form the base and will delight with photo opportunities and music from the film. While illuminated towers house tiny windows with characters and iconic film features. The most amazyfying of all the details lies within the centre of the tree, where a hidden diorama of the wonderful land of Oz awaits in all its glorious hand-crafted detail for visitors to discover.
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View of King's Cross undergroud station and St Pancras International station with many of London's iconic buildings silhouetted in front of the rising sun.
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4th March 2024. The station was constructed by the Midland Railway (MR), which had an extensive rail network across the Midlands and the north of England, but no dedicated line into London. After rail traffic problems following the 1862 International Exhibition, the MR decided to build a connection from Bedford to London with its own terminus. The station was designed by William Henry Barlow and constructed with a single-span iron roof. Following the station's opening on 1 October 1868, the MR constructed the Midland Grand Hotel on the station's façade, which has been widely praised for its architecture and is now a Grade I listed building along with the rest of the station.
In the late 1960s, plans were made to demolish St Pancras entirely and divert services to King's Cross and Euston, leading to fierce opposition. The complex underwent an £800 million refurbishment to become the terminal for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link/High-Speed 1/HS1 as part of an urban regeneration plan across East London, which was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in November 2007.
St Pancras Station was opened in 1868 and is one of the wonders of Victorian engineering. Along with the former Midland Grand Hotel, it is a masterpiece of Victorian Gothic Architecture and one of the most elegant stations in the World. It has recently been refurbished to accommodate international train services; its history is a remarkable tale of decay, restoration and spectacular rebirth.
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Overview of St Pancras International station primarily the Eurostar Platforms.
Eurostar 373009, 373011, 374020 and 374022 can be seen on blocks
St Pancras Coroner's Court,St Pancras Gardens London..
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1160620 A big thank you to Alwyn for finding out the info :)