St Pancras Renaissance - London

The original building – The Midland Grand Hotel – was designed and built by the Victorian architect Sir George Gilbert Scott and opened on 5th May 1873. The St Pancras Renaissance Hotel London exemplifies High Victorian Gothic architecture in its most dramatic sense, the stunning redbrick building having been saved from demolition in the 1960s by a protest led by former Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman.

The magnificent interior has been restored to its former glory with painstaking attention to detail using expert teams of hundreds of craftsmen and painters. Many of the original areas of the hotel considered of particular historical importance have been carefully renovated including the ‘Ladies Smoking Room’, the first place in Europe where it was acceptable for women to smoke in public.

The sweeping forecourt, unique to a London hotel in its scale, provides a fitting entrance for the new hotel beyond which lie restored goldleaf ceilings, ornate wall murals and the spectacular grand staircase, with windows measuring over 50 feet and crowned by an elaborate vaulted ceiling.

The £150m renovation of the 245‐room hotel consists of the historic St Pancras Chambers that will house 38 elegant and spacious Victorian bedroom suites, and Barlow House, a newly created 120,000ft2 extension that will feature original artwork and contemporary design. Guests can continue to relive the glamour of the Victorian era at either The Booking Office Bar & Restaurant recreated in the original ticket office or the celebrity chef restaurant and bar, occupying the original entrance hall and coffee room. The hotel will also house a 350 capacity ballroom, a private club, a barber’s shop and luxury spa, to include a swimming pool and seven treatment rooms.