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Inside the St Pancras Clock Tower: A Flat I Saw at Open House
A painted ceiling, a rainbow arch, a library under the beams and the old clock winding room, in a private flat at the top of St Pancras.

Ina
Sep 246 min read


Booking Office 1869: The Palm-Filled Ticket Hall at St Pancras
Eight-metre palms, brass chandeliers and Gothic windows in St Pancras station's old Victorian ticket hall.

Ina
Sep 246 min read


Inside the Maughan Library: King's College's Gothic Archive-Turned-Reading-Room
Once the Public Record Office and the 'strongbox of the Empire', the Maughan Library only opens its Round Reading Room to the public one weekend a year, during Open House London.

Ina
Sep 67 min read


St Pancras Renaissance Hotel: The Grand Staircase Guide
Between King's Cross Station and the British Library sits the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel. A Gothic Revival pile that opened in 1873 as the Midland Grand Hotel, closed in 1935, stood empty and condemned for decades, and reopened in 2011 after a £200 million restoration. It is best known today for one thing, and it is not the bedrooms. It is the Grand Staircase. Since 3 June 2025 the hotel has traded as St. Pancras London, Autograph Collection, still a Marriott property. Most

Ina
Apr 28, 20234 min read


The Landmark Hotel London: A Guide
The Landmark London is a five-star hotel on Marylebone Road, central London. Located right across from Marylebone station and within walking distance from Regent's Park, Madame Tussaud's, and Lords Cricket Ground, it was initially opened in 1899 as the Hotel Great Central by the Great Central Railway. Landmark Hotel London: From Railway Hotel to Wartime Use As one of London's grandest Victorian-era railway hotels, its popularity dropped after the introduction of motor cars an

Ina
Dec 31, 20201 min read
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