Sujet

The Midland Hotel, Morecambe, Lancashire, 1999. Creator: P Williams.

Légende

The Midland Hotel, Morecambe, Lancashire, 1999. Opened in 1933, the Midland Hotel was designed by Oliver Hill in Art Deco style for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. In the 1930s it became the place to stay for wealthy holidaymakers in the North of England. It was requisitioned by the government to serve as a military hospital after war broke out in 1939, but when peace returned Morecambe and the Midland's popularity were on the wane. The hotel was sold by the railway in 1952 and changed hands several times afterwards. The building became increasingly run down until it was acquired in 2006 by Urban Splash, a Manchester-based developer, who completely renovated the hotel before re-opening it in 2008.

Date

1900

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM19A79_221

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

52,1Mo (3,3Mo) / 43,9cm x 29,8cm / 5185 x 3515 (300dpi)

Mots clés

travel transport transportation exterior outdoors holiday holidays vacation building London England railways architecture arts country resort art seaside steps British English railway color empty decay step hotel decaying location century Art Deco lancashire Britain run down thirties dilapidated closed concept decayed morecambe metaphor decline Nineties Colour faded 1930s 20th century tourism 1990s decade LMS TGN outside photograph P Williams Hill Midland & Scottish Railway Williams P fallen on hard times Midland Hotel Oliver Hill Oliver Oliver Falvey Hill Historic England hôtel