St Pancras' splendid Midland Grand Hotel was built to service the new railway station next door.

Designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, the hotel was built between 1868-1872 in a neo-Gothic style.

This cathedral to the railway age has an ornate style which reflects church architecture.

Its pinnacles, towers, and gables burst with ecclesiastical references.

This grand vision was no less impressive inside with 450 rooms and corridors sometimes running 500 feet in length.

The best bedrooms had their own sitting rooms with high quality furnishings.

The station itself was another modern wonder with the largest single span roof in the world when it was built - 245 feet wide, 105 feet high, and 620 feet long.

It stands on 690 legs which suspend it 15 feet above street level.

After 20 years of being empty, the hotel is currently being restored to its former glory.

Today the whole complex is being restored to its former glory with the renovation of St Pancras Chambers as a hotel and a new Eurostar station terminal.