The St Pancras Renaissance Hotel is a truly iconic landmark and one of the finest examples of Victorian architecture in London.
Despite, for a time, it being the first choice accommodation for wealthy visitors to the city, in the early 1900s the Midland Grand Hotel fell out of favor.
Other fashionable, particularly West End, hotels such as the Savoy took precedence, boasting new-fangled ensuite bathrooms, something the Midland Grand did not have.
The Midland Grand shut as a hotel in 1935, becoming offices and accommodation for the railway.
British Rail actually initially wanted to knock it down but thankfully a vigorous campaign led by Jane Hughes Fawcett,
John Betjeman and the Victorian Society saved the building and secured it a Grade I listing in 1967, the highest level of heritage protection.
In the 1980s it was shut due to fire regulations and sat there for years unused and unloved.
In 2004 planning permission was given to Marriott to turn it back into a hotel.
It reopened its doors in 2011.
As part of the refurbishment they also turned parts of the hotel into apartments, available to buy.
There is a 2 bed flat for sale in there for £1.75 million.
The clock tower also has an apartment in it, which went on sale for in 2021 for £4.6 million.
This information was found on a site called Living London History run by a guy named Jack.
Thanks Jack, if I am ever in London again I will contact you for a private tour!