The Saint Pancras Station
Description
This film discusses the architecture behind the train shed and hotel at the Saint Pancras Station in London, built between 1855 and 1863. The hotel was a Gilbert Scott's neo-Gothic statement in the ongoing battle in Victorian England between neo-Gothic and neoclassical. The train shed was William Barlow's creation; he created the world's widest and tallest ceiling.
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25 min 25 sec
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