York's former Station Hotel (now offices) was intended to provide passengers going through York's 1841 station with hotel facilities. It is shown here from the north-east corner. Built by the York and North Midland Railway, it was designed, like the station itself, by G. T. Andrews. It is of special interest because the 1841 station was "the first to incorporate a hotel in its structure.... It lies across the head of the lines of the old station. Of cream brick, it has a nine-bay centre, and is three and a half storeys high with a broad portal. Three-storey wings with rounded corners link it with the station behind" (Pevsner and Neave 202).
Left: Main entrance. Right: The hotel from the north west, and its continuation to the south west.
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Links to Related Material
- The former station of 1841
- Building near the goods station for the York and North Midland Railway Company, also designed by Andrews
Bibliography
Pevsner, Nikolaus, and David Neave. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002.
Created 15 February 2023