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PROJECT DETAILS

Exactly 138 years after the original

opening of Sir George Gilbert Scott’s

masterpiece the Midland Grand Hotel

at St Pancras Station, one of London’s

most ambitious restoration projects

- the five-star St Pancras Renaissance

London Hotel is now complete.

Originally planned for demolition,

an act described as “criminal folly” by

the leader of the campaign to save

the structure - Sir John Betjeman,

and following an investment of close

to £200M, the former Midland Grand

Hotel will be taking its first paying

guests in 76 years.

World famous for its extravagant

Victorian gothic style, the distinct

curved façade, arched windows,

spires and polychromatic brickwork of

St Pancras Chambers will once again

become one of London’s most iconic

hotels and dearly loved landmarks.

The works undertaken have been

closely monitored by the London

Borough of Camden, English Heritage

and The Victorian Society due to the

structure’s Grade I listed status given

in 1967.

After a painstakingly detailed

restoration, the result is simply

breathtaking; decorated in rich

colours, the grand sweeping double

staircase is a key focal point to the

hotel with its windows measuring over

50 feet and rising to the elaborately

painted and star covered vaulted

ceiling. Carpets have been carefully

selected, hand-blocked wallpapers

recreated and chandeliers remodeled

for electricity. The views are stunning,

both inside and out – this is going to

be one extraordinary hotel.


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PROJECT DETAILS

The original hotel, although rich

in architectural detail and grand

fireplaces in every guestroom,

suffered from a total lack of plumbing

in any of the guestrooms. With only

eight bathrooms, two to each floor

and many other deficiencies, the hotel

was forced to close its doors in 1935.

Working in conjunction with main

contractor Galliford Try, architects

RHWL and Richard Griffiths, together

with designers GA Design, Martek

were tasked to create the very finest

and most luxurious bathrooms

throughout the hotel. For reasons of

the extreme sensitivity of the original

structure and to comply with its Grade

I listed status, all internal construction

was required to be independent of

the original building and the resultant

pods became an integral part of the

design approach in the guestrooms.

Materials used followed the

highest of specifications, with fine

timbers, luxurious veneers and

the finest Italian marbles, hand

selected direct from the quarries,

no detail has been overlooked in

producing a truly magnificent result.

In addition to works on the major

guestrooms, Martek contributed to

the development of all of the major

suites, many of the public areas

including the new Gent’s Grooming

area which opens onto the main

station concourse.


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Having completed works in the

development of 66 apartments in

the residential wing of St Pancras

Chambers, Martek was contracted

to move on to the prestigious hotel

project in late 2009. Comprising 244

bedrooms in total, 186 of the rooms

were completed as off-site construction

projects leaving Martek to fit out 18

rooms in Barlow House, two in the West

Wing and all 38 VIP rooms and Suites in

the original St Pancras Chambers.

The works in Chambers were

particularly complex for reasons of its

Grade I status and the requirement

for all construction activities to

be independent of the original

structure. In each of the VIP rooms, an

independent pod was constructed,

which housed the bathroom and other

facilities and provided the structure

for incorporation of air conditioning

and other mechanical plant; at the

same time, providing the backdrop

to the bed and other guest facilities.

The bathrooms were designed with the

highest levels of guest comfort in mind.

Clad in Arabescato Faniello marble

and hand selected from the quarry of

Giacomo Bernacca in Northern Italy

and supplied by Richard Smythe, the

sanitary fittings and other equipment

were supplied from Ideal Standard.

Exterior surfaces of the bathroom

pod are clad in a variety of Zebrano

veneered panels, solid oak cappings

and the bed heads are hand

upholstered in Gabriel Comfort+ from

Gabriel Fabrics in Belgium.

In addition to the main guestrooms,

Martek were responsible for similar

works in a number of the public

areas and for the fit out of the Gent’s

Grooming area which opens onto the

main station concourse.

SCOPE OF WORKS


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