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| Keywords: Queen's and Northwestern Hotel, Birmingham.png en View of the Queen's North Western Hotel viewed from Stephenson Place showing the General Enquiry Offices at the front by the main entrance in 1885 The building to the right of the gates was the LNWR's General Enquiry Office operated by H Gaze Sons Due to the lack of space at the new station the hotel had to be built on the land designated for the station building and was originally referred to as the Grand Central Hotel As with the station it was designed by J W Livock In June 1872 the hotel name was changed to the North Western Queen's Hotel in response to a threat of new hotel being built opposite adopting the LNWR name This hotel eventually adopted the name the Midland Hotel although it had no association with the Midland Railway Soon afterwards the LNWR hotel adopted the name the Queen's North Western Hotel which it carried until 1928 when it was changed to its original and simpler name of the Queen's Hotel 1885 http //www warwickshirerailways com/lms/lnwrbns_str1864 htm author PD-old Uploaded with UploadWizard Victorian Birmingham New Street railway station Birmingham New Street railway station 1854-1966 Hotels in Birmingham | ||||
