The Royal York Hotel
Coordinates: 53°57′33″N 1°05′29″W / 53.9591°N 1.0914°W
The Principal York is an historic Grade II listed building adjacent to York railway station, England. It is a five-storey building of yellow Scarborough brick and was completed in 1878, a year after the present station opened.
The first York station hotel (The York Royal Station Hotel) was opened on 22 February 1853, the architect was G. T. Andrews, as an addition to York old railway station. The hotel became redundant after the opening of the new station in June 1877 and was converted into offices.
The new hotel opened on 20 May 1878 as the Royal Station Hotel, York. The architect was William Peachey of the North Eastern Railway. The hotel was designed as an integral part of the new station and the North Eastern Railway Company's flagship hotel, and as such was managed directly by the railway company. It featured elegant, high-ceilinged banqueting rooms and 100 large bedrooms costing 14 shillings a night.
A 27-room west wing was added in 1896, named Klondyke for the Klondike Gold Rush of the time.
In 1923, ownership and management of the hotel transferred to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER).
In 1948, Britain's railways were nationalised and with them York's railway hotel. Initially this was as part of the 'Hotels Executive' of the British Transport Commission. The British Transport Hotels brand came about in 1953.
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