Midland Hotel, Morecambe

Midland Hotel
Midland Hotel, Morecambe is located in Morecambe
Midland Hotel, Morecambe
Location within Morecambe
General information
TypeHotel
Architectural styleStreamline Moderne
Town or cityMorecambe, Lancashire
CountryEngland
Coordinates54°04′20″N 2°52′31″W / 54.0721°N 2.8754°W / 54.0721; -2.8754
OpenedJuly 1933 (1933-07)
Technical details
MaterialConcrete and rendered brickwork
Floor count3
Design and construction
Architect(s)Oliver Hill
Renovating team
Architect(s)Union North
Website
midlandhotelmorecambe.com
Listed Building – Grade II*
Designated8 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).[1][2] 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.

  1. ^ Carter, Oliver (1990). An illustrated history of British Railway Hotels: 1838-1983. St Michael's: Silver Link Publishing. ISBN 0-947971-36-X
  2. ^ Simmons, Jack and Biddle, Gordon (1997). The Oxford Companion to British Railway History: From 1603 to the 1990s. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-211697-5.