Legendary Architect George Gilbert Scott of the Midlands Grand Hotel Fame

Another famous birthday today. Yes another one. Today marks the 200th Birthday of George Gilbert Scott who died on 27th March 1878. He was most famous for designing the iconic Midland Grand Hotel which is sadly no more. It has now been restored and reincarnated as the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel.


The beautiful Gothic-inspired magnificent building opened the east-wing in 1873 and the whole building was completed in 1876. It is now a Grade I listed building. And very right so.

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Fact ~ George Scott's grandson, Giles Gilbert Scott, designed the legendary British Red Telephone box !!!


Here's the grand sweeping staircase below. How fab is that !!! I can just imagine in the Victorian days 

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This beautiful canvas mural, a Thomas Wallis Hay, is an original featuring a chaucerian scene.

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}My take on George Gilbert Scott - He was a classic unforgettable and impressionable architect~