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St Pancras International is set at the heart of Central London with more underground connections than any other London station.
St Pancras station has a significant amount of advertising linked to the London 2012 Olympics - but the messages are generally positive, and in keeping with the themes of the Games!
St Pancras New Church (so entitled to differentiate it from an older building that remains several blocks away to the north east) was built in 1819-22 to the designs of William & Henry Inwood and is a remarkable example of the then prevalent taste for Neo-Classical architecture. Few churches can claim to be as Grecian in style as this one, which boasts the unique features of two porticoes flanking the east end copied directly from the famous caryatid porch of the Erectheum on the Athenian Acropolis, complete with column figures in terracotta (molded in sections around cast-iron columns). The spindly octagonal tower is a major landmark to visitors arriving at nearby Euston Station just over the main road (as it has welcomed me on many visits to the capital).
The interior of the church continues the theme of Classical severity, with a broad flat coffered ceiling spanning the nave with the apse beyond adding a touch of enrichment. The Victorian glass in the windows does make the space a little gloomier than it could be. The galleries remain and create side aisles beneath them but otherwise the interior retains the impression of a large unified space.
I am unsure what normal opening times are for this church but I believe it is usually open in office hours during the day.
This view shows the decorative Pancras Road side of St Pancras station, with the clock tower in the mid-centre background.
Bum, I tried so hard for symmetry here but didn't quite get it!
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Lomo LC-A with Fuji Velvia 50 (cross processed).
The 'Buildings through the Ages' group from Northampton U3A paid a visit to the 'Kings Cross' area to look at the new development. The railway station was designed by William Barlow, and known as 'Barlow's Shed'. It had the largest single span of any building at the time it was built. The 'face' of the station is in fact a hotel designed in typical Victorian Gothic by Gilbert Scott.
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Statue at St Pancras Station - personally I think it's not very pretty. But then again, nobody cares.
I like travelling via St Pancras, they did a good job with the renovations and it's much nicer than Kings Cross
The quite large Dent clock at the end of the concourse of St Pancras station, at six-and-a-half minutes past three.
This clock is not the original apparently: when St Pancras station was being rebuilt a few years back, some workmen went up to retrieve the clock and dropped it. (Disclaimer: this could be an urban myth.)
St Pancras New Church (so entitled to differentiate it from an older building that remains several blocks away to the north east) was built in 1819-22 to the designs of William & Henry Inwood and is a remarkable example of the then prevalent taste for Neo-Classical architecture. Few churches can claim to be as Grecian in style as this one, which boasts the unique features of two porticoes flanking the east end copied directly from the famous caryatid porch of the Erectheum on the Athenian Acropolis, complete with column figures in terracotta (molded in sections around cast-iron columns). The spindly octagonal tower is a major landmark to visitors arriving at nearby Euston Station just over the main road (as it has welcomed me on many visits to the capital).
The interior of the church continues the theme of Classical severity, with a broad flat coffered ceiling spanning the nave with the apse beyond adding a touch of enrichment. The Victorian glass in the windows does make the space a little gloomier than it could be. The galleries remain and create side aisles beneath them but otherwise the interior retains the impression of a large unified space.
I am unsure what normal opening times are for this church but I believe it is usually open in office hours during the day.
St Pancras Road, London, UK by Andrew.
Gravestones moved during the original construction of St Pancras Station. Thomas Hardy supervised the work, and this tree, now grown over the moved gravestones, commemorates this.
This Norman parish church is dedicated to St. Pancras and has a distinctive Tapsel gate, with a central pivot which locals believe was designed to make it easy for funeral bearers to pass either side. A fire in the past has rendered the exterior a more pristine appearance to the more ancient and rustic
interior.
Seen shortly after arrival from Bruxelles Midi 3016-3015 sit at platform 10 St Pancras International, the class 373 units were the first built for Eurostar from 1992 onwards, by 2021 all bar 8 sets had been replaced by the current class 374's these 8 sets were fully refurbished for long term use going forward.