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St Pancras Chambers
Also known as The Midland Grand Hotel
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- The Midland Grand Hotel was the largest hotel in the world at opening with 500 rooms. Original costs for guests were 14 shillings (70p) per room.
- When opened it was the tallest commercial building in the world. Due to the massive costs for the time several floors were trimmed off the original design.
- The design included hydraulic 'ascending chambers', concrete floors, revolving doors and fire proof floor construction, all unique for their time.
- Materials used include brick, and polished granite, a cheap but effective victorian substitute for marble.
- The actual station was concieved separately from the hotel and features what as at the time the largest single span roof in the world, 74m wide and 30m high not to mention 213m long.
- At the time the services from the station to Leciester were the longest non-stop route in the world at 97 miles.
- The hotel closed in 1935.
- St Pancras Station has featured in many films, the most famous of which is the Ladykillers, the 1950s Ealing Studio classic starring Alec Guiness and Peter Sellars.
- St Pancras is widely considered the finest example of Gothic Revival architecture in Britain.
- In the 1960s the building was threatened with demolition, as Euston Square had suffered. A campaign saw it saved and given Grade 1 lising status.
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- Architect
- George Gilbert Scott
- Developer
- York and Midland Railway
- Main Contractor
- Waring Brothers
 Reference Data
- Reference No.
- 313
- First Uploaded
- 19-02-2006
- Last Editorial Date
- 20-11-2008
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- Address
- Euston Road, Euston, London. N1 9AP
- Council
- Camden
- County
- London
- Region
- London
- Country
- United Kingdom
View in Google Maps  Available office space in N1
Britannia Row - Britannia Row BC, Britannia Row, Islington WordWide Publishing - Rodney Street, Rodney Street, Islington Shepherd - Phoenix Yard, Kings Cross Road, St Pancras Find Other Offices - Status
- Complete
- Proposal date
- 1860
- Construction start date
- 1866
- Completion date
- 1873
- Renovation Date
- 2007
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- Roof Height (AGL)
- 82.00
- Total Floors (O.G)
- 9
Market Data- Primary Use
- Hotel
- Secondary Use
- Clock Tower
- Hotel Rooms
- 500
- Land Costs
- £19,000.00
- Date of Purchase
- 1860
- Construction Cost
- £438,000.00
- Budget Date
- 1866
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