Euston Road
A501 | |
Former name(s) | New Road |
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Namesake | Euston Hall |
Length | 1.1 mi (1.8 km)[1] |
Postal code | W1, NW1 |
Coordinates | 51°31′39″N 0°07′53″W / 51.5275°N 0.131389°W |
West end | Great Portland Street |
East end | Pentonville Road |
Construction | |
Inauguration | September 1756 |
Euston Road is a road in
The road was originally the central section of
Geography
The road starts as a continuation of the A501, a major road through Central London, at its junction with
King's Cross and St Pancras railway stations are at the eastern end of the road, and Euston railway station is further west.[3] The position of these three railway termini on Euston Road, rather than in a more central position further south, is a result of the recommendations of the 1846 Royal Commission on Metropolitan Railway Termini that sought to protect the West End districts a short distance south of the road.[4]
Euston Tower is a landmark on the road and The British Library is just to the west of St Pancras station. The old and new headquarters of the Wellcome Trust are on its south side.[5] From west to east the road passes Regent's Park, Great Portland Street, Warren Street, Euston Square, Euston and King's Cross St Pancras tube stations.[1] Bus routes 30 and 205 run along the entire extent of Euston Road from Great Portland Street to King's Cross.[6]
History
18th–19th century
Before the 18th century, the land along which Euston Road runs was farmland and fields.
The road provided a new
20th–21st century
The area around the junction with the
The tower attracted a number of significant tenants, including
In the early-21st century, the
In 2015,
Notable buildings
About halfway along Euston Road, at the junction with
The New Hospital for Women moved to No. 144 Euston Road in 1888, and was rebuilt by J.M. Brydon two years later. It housed 42 beds and was staffed entirely by women, which made it a comfortable environment for patients with
In late 1898, 189 Euston Road (Where the Wellcome Collection is at present) was the location of a Mosque run by Hajie Mohammad Dollie who opened London's first Mosque previously at 97 Albert Street, Camden Town in 1895.[31]
The Midland Grand Hotel, fronting St Pancras station, was designed by George Gilbert Scott. It was built mainly with red bricks with a tower at one end and a spire at the other. It closed in 1935 and was repeatedly threatened with demolition until it was Grade I listed in 1967. It was used as offices until a major restoration in the early 1990s.[32] The hotel reopened as the St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel in 2011.[33]
Camden Town Hall, formerly St Pancras Town Hall, opened in 1937.[3] The Euston Theatre of Varieties was based at No. 37–43. It was renamed the Regent Theatre in 1922, and converted to a cinema in 1932. It was demolished in 1950 so that the town hall could be extended.[3]
The headquarters of the Religious Society of Friends, better known as
The British Library moved to No. 96 Euston Road in 1999 into a new complex designed by Colin St John Wilson and opened by Queen Elizabeth II. It was built using more than ten million bricks and has a floor area of 112,000 square metres (1,210,000 sq ft). Although it was given a critical reception by architectural critics, visitors have enjoyed the welcoming entrance and praised its internal arrangements. Around 16,000 people visit each day. [36]
Cultural references
In Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, the characters Sibyl and James Vane live at a "shabby lodgings" on Euston Road.[37]
The street is a property in the United Kingdom edition of the board game Monopoly, which features famous London areas on its gameboard. It is a part of the pale blue set, along with Pentonville Road, and The Angel, Islington.[38]
References
Citations
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- ^ "Congestion Charging in London". BBC London. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Weinreb et al 2008, p. 277.
- ^ "1846 Royal Commission". Archived from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ a b Weinreb et al 2008, p. 995.
- ^ "Central London Bus Map" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ a b c Walford, Edward (1878). "Euston Road and Hampstead Road". Old and New London. 5. London: 301–309. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d Timbs 1867, pp. 613–4.
- ^ Weinreb et al 2008, pp. 277–278.
- ^ "Judd Place West". UCL Bloomsbury Project. UCL. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ Palmer, Samuel (1870). St Pancras. London. pp. 242–4.
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- ^ Weinreb et al 2008, p. 278.
- ^ a b "Tolmers Village". Hidden London. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ "Roads (London), Development Plan". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 7 April 1955. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ "Traffic Tunnel for Euston Road". The Times. No. 54497. 26 June 1959. p. 7. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "Euston Road Underpass". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 22 November 1966. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ Hill, Dave (23 August 2015). "How Euston Road got wider, taller and deeper and Joe Levy got rich". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ Godwin, Matthew (5 December 2007). "Interview with Roy Gibson" (PDF). Oral History of Europe in Space. European Space Agency. p. 5. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ Television & Radio (Report). Independent Broadcasting Authority. 188. p. 172.
- ^ Aylett, Glenn (3 September 2005). "The Studios". Transdiffusion Broadcasting System. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "Farrell's Euston Road plan moves a step closer". Building Magazine (41). 2005. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "First new crossing along the Euston Road in 10 years" (Press release). Camden London Borough Council. March 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "Boris Johnson: the interview". The London Magazine. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ Chandler, Mark (22 October 2015). "Euston Road closure to cost businesses 'millions' warn critics". Evening Standard. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ Davies, Andrew John (31 October 1995). "Site Unseen : The caryatids, St Pancras New Church, London". The Independent. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ Weinreb et al 2008, p. 833.
- ^ Weinreb et al 2008, pp. 268.
- ^ "Contact University College Hospital". Camden London Borough Council. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ "Our History". University College London Hospital. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ "A Tour Guide Has Discovered London's Oldest Mosque". 23 February 2017.
- ^ Weinreb et al 2008, pp. 548–9, 804–5.
- ^ Easton, Mark (5 May 2011). "A monument to the British craftsman". BBC Blogs. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ Weinreb et al 2008, p. 309.
- ^ Moore 2003, p. 227.
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- ^ Moore 2003, p. 210.
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- Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher; Keay, Julia; Keay, John (2008). The London Encyclopedia. Pan MacMillan. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.