St Pancreas Station - Exterior

St Pancras Railway Station was opened in 1868 and is known for its Victorian engineering and Gothic Architecture. The station was designed by William Henry Barlow, an English civil engineer in the 19th century. It featured the largest single-span roof (made of a lattice design with wrought iron framework, timber, slate and glass) in the world at the time of completion. A hotel that fronts the station - the Midland Grand Hotel, a masterpiece of Victoria Gothic Architecture, opened in 1873, designed by George Gilbert Scott. The materials used were primarily brick but in a polychromatic style.