The Railway Hotel is a former pub and hotel in Station Road,
Edgware
Edgware () is a suburban town in northwest London. It was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex east of the ancient Watling Street in what is now the London Borough of Barnet but it is now informally considered to cover a wider area, inc ...
and a
Grade II listed building
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with
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History
The Railway Hotel was built and designed in 1931 by the architect
A. E. Sewell for
Truman Hanbury Buxton
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, brewers, and opened in 1932.
The historic building closed in 2006 after not reaching health and safety standards.
In 2013 the building was added to Historic England’s Heritage At Risk register.
On 11 July 2016, having been empty, the building caught fire in the early morning.
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Damage and uncertainty
Through the 2010s there were several owners, none making any significant progress. In 2016 an arson attack left a portion of the ground floor destroyed and the public began to fear developers would build new apartments after a lack of support from the council.
A petition, launched in 2016 to Historic England in an attempt to try and restore the building, received 2,287 signatures.
Announced in 2017 the building was listed at public auction with a minimum value of £2 million.
Renovation
In September 2018, it was announced that the building would be renovated and turned into a restaurant. Work on this was reported to be underway, although it has yet to be completed as of 2024.
References
External links
*http://www.francisfrith.com/uk/edgware/edgware-railway-hotel-1948_e126003
*http://boakandbailey.com/2016/08/pub-preservation-railway-hotel-edgware/
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Edgware
Defunct hotels in London
Former pubs in London
Grade II listed hotels in London
Grade II listed pubs in London
Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Barnet
A. E. Sewell buildings
Pubs in the London Borough of Barnet