A Victorian masterpiece restored…Sir John Betjeman called this Gothic treasure too beautiful and too romantic to survive in a world of tower blocks and concrete. Its survival against the odds will cause wonder; the building itself will take your breath away. After years of devoted restoration the St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel is being hailed as London’s most romantic building. Its glorious Gothic Revival metalwork gold leaf ceilings hand-stencilled wall designs and the grand staircase are as dazzling as the day Queen Victoria opened the hotel in 1873.Designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott to receive travellers through St Pancras Station the former Midland Grand Hotel offered its guests a world of grandeur luxury and fantasy behind its fairytale red facade. Innovations such as ascending rooms (elevators) and revolving doors heightened the sense of awe. In 2011 those doors will be spinning again sweeping guests into a world where modern luxuries mingle with the extravagance of rail’s golden age.

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