The Midland Hotel is a 90-
bedroom three-
star
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Victorian hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ...
in
Bradford
Bradford is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the Local Government Act 1972, 1974 reform, the city status in the United Kingdo ...
city centre, owned and managed by Britannia Hotels.
The architect was
Charles Trubshaw, who was contracted to design many railway stations for
Midland Railway Company.
Construction of the hotel began in 1885 and took five years to complete.
It was built by the
Midland Railway Company as part of the original
Forster Square Railway Station, as a showpiece for the company's
northern operations.
Following the "golden age of steam" the hotel fell into disrepair until it was bought by Bradford entrepreneur John Pennington in 1992,
who restored it and the hotel re-opened as the Pennington Midland Hotel in 1993.
It was sold to Peel Hotels in December 1998, who returned it back to its original name.
During its life, the hotel has played host to many famous guests, including Sir
Henry Irving
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, an English stage actor, who died there in 1905.
The corner block of the hotel on Lower Kirkgate (pictured) was made a
grade II listed building in 1983.
See also
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Listed buildings in Bradford (City Ward)
References
External links
British Listed Buildings
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Railway hotels in England
Hotels in West Yorkshire
Buildings and structures in Bradford
Charles Trubshaw buildings