Midland Hotel (Morecambe)
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 Location within Morecambe
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| General information | |
| Type | Hotel |
| Architectural style | Streamline Moderne |
| Town or city | Morecambe, Lancashire |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 54°04′20″N 2°52′31″W / 54.0721°N 2.8754°WCoordinates: 54°04′20″N 2°52′31″W / 54.0721°N 2.8754°W |
| Opened | July 1933 |
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| Material | Concrete and rendered brickwork |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Oliver Hill |
| Renovating team | |
| Architect | Union North |
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Listed Building – Grade II*
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| Designated | 8 October 1976 |
| Reference no. | 1208988 |
The Midland Hotel is a Streamline Moderne building in Morecambe, Lancashire, England. It was built by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), in 1933, to the designs of architect Oliver Hill, with sculpture by Eric Gill, and murals by Eric Ravilious (subsequently destroyed). It is a Grade II* listed building. The hotel has been restored by Urban Splash with architects Union North, Northwest Regional Development Agency and Lancaster City Council.
The Midland Hotel was built to replace two earlier hotels: the North Western Hotel built in 1848 by the "little" North Western Railway which had been renamed the Midland Hotel in 1871 when the Midland Railway took over the North Western Railway; and another hotel at Heysham, the Heysham Towers, which was converted from a private house in 1896. The Heysham Towers served railway steamer traffic from Heysham Harbour to Belfast; but it was not a success and was sold in 1919.
In 1932, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) bought land from Morecambe Corporation to build the 40-bedroom Midland Hotel replacing the old hotel. It opened in July 1933.
The hotel is designed in the Streamline Moderne style of Art Deco. Oliver Hill designed a three-storey curving building, with a central circular tower containing the entrance and a spiral staircase, and a circular cafe at the north end. The front of the hotel is decorated with two Art Deco seahorses, which can be viewed at close proximity from the hotel's rooftop terrace.
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