tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716892415828794074.post4551807709662230301..comments2024-03-26T13:03:33.696+00:00Comments on British Art: Sleeping beauty awakes: the St Pancras Midland Grand hotelHermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716892415828794074.post-77521637674759242682011-02-26T14:00:06.749+00:002011-02-26T14:00:06.749+00:00Say thank you to him alice from admirers like me. ...Say thank you to him alice from admirers like me. I'm always up for a bit of gothic.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716892415828794074.post-46493837165445079832011-02-26T12:12:52.905+00:002011-02-26T12:12:52.905+00:00MrM was involved in the restoration of St. Pancras...MrM was involved in the restoration of St. Pancras and as a result we have a chimney pot which was surplus to requirements in our garden.alice chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716892415828794074.post-15367251112000783042011-02-26T10:09:43.302+00:002011-02-26T10:09:43.302+00:00I managed to see it being restored a few years ago...I managed to see it being restored a few years ago. But I think having to fit doors to the eleators is stupid. Still Betjaman would have been pleased.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716892415828794074.post-52848386339434084282011-02-26T10:02:24.168+00:002011-02-26T10:02:24.168+00:00I am not always fond of gothic revival buildings, ...I am not always fond of gothic revival buildings, even though they were so popular in the late Victorian era. But this was special, wasn't it. <br /><br />So it was important that all renovations had to meet English Heritage approval. Otherwise we could have had a Mac Pancras Midland Grand hotel on our hands :(Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com