St Pancras International is a railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden, designed by the engineer William Henry Barlow and opened on October 1, 1868 for the Midland Railway. Barlow's single-span train shed roof, 689 feet long, 240 feet wide and 100 feet high, was the largest enclosed space in the world when built, and its wrought iron lattice framework remains the station's defining feature. The Gothic Revival hotel that fronts the station on Euston Road was designed separately by George Gilbert Scott. Threatened with demolition in the 1960s, St Pancras was saved by a campaign led by the poet John Betjeman and the Victorian Society, and after an 800 million pound refurbishment it reopened in November 2007 as London's terminus for Eurostar services to France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
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Building TypeRailway Terminus (international rail hub) 3 LocationEuston Road, Camden, London, United Kingdom 3 Completed Year Height (m)Height of the train shed roof at its apex, the station's defining single-span structure and the dimension the source itself reports. Classification
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Who saved St Pancras station from demolition in the 1960s?
A campaign led by the poet John Betjeman and the Victorian Society's Jane Hughes Fawcett saved St Pancras from demolition in the 1960s, and it was listed Grade I in 1967.
In the 1960s British Rail was ready to close St Pancras and demolish its Gothic Revival hotel building, but a campaign opposing the plan was led by the poet John Betjeman together with Jane Hughes Fawcett of the Victorian Society, and the campaign succeeded. The station was given Grade I listed building status in November 1967, which prevented drastic modification. Decades later, after a rebuilding that cost around 800 million pounds, St Pancras reopened as London's Eurostar terminus, with public Eurostar service beginning on 14 November 2007.
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George Gilbert Scotts Midland Grand frontage, a flagship of High Victorian architecture.
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St Pancras International ( ) is a major central London railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden.
History section (train shed dimensions)
At 689 feet (210 m) long by 240 feet (73 m) wide, and 100 feet (30 m) high, it was then the largest enclosed space in the world.
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The station was designed by William Henry Barlow, with wrought iron pillars supporting a single-span roof. At 689 feet (210 m) long by 240 feet (73 m) wide, and 100 feet (30 m) high, it was then the largest enclosed space in the world.
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