Should the Euston Arch be rebuilt?

[Herby]

I think St Pancras is possibly one of the world's most beautiful railway stations and what they have done to Kings Cross is almost as impressive. They should give Euston the same treatment and restore it to Victorian glory.

 

[editor]

Some cracking archive pics here:

Lost Beauty #9: Hardwick’s Hall (the old Euston station, London, UK)

 

[editor]

So, no then.

It’s been revealed that an investigation in 2017 as to the feasibility of restoring the Euston Arch put the cost in excess of £50 million.

The figure came from a House of Commons written answer to Michael Fabricant MP, who asked what plans there are to restore the Euston Arch as part of the wider Euston station redevelopment.

In the answer, Andrew Stephenson MP, who is also the Minister of State overseeing HS2 noted that feasibility work in 2017 indicated that reconstruction of the Euston Arch would cost in excess of £50 million and there were also challenges in terms of recovering the original construction materials.

Candidly, the arch was interesting, but not that exciting. It could, and probably should, have been moved somewhere and saved, but these were still the early days of heritage conservation, and people didn’t readily think like that back then. Indeed, the destruction of the arch probably did more to trigger awareness in the wider public about what could be at risk, and indirectly, the loss of the arch probably saved vastly more buildings elsewhere thanks to a newly fired up conservation lobby.

Euston Arch reconstruction could cost £50 million

It's been revealed that an investigation into the feasibility of restoring the Euston Arch put the cost in excess of £50 million.

www.ianvisits.co.uk

 

[IC3D]

It's a beautiful hall, esp like the drooping lamps but perhaps they could scale it up x10 and be fit for current passenger numbers

 

[Lord Camomile]

It's a beautiful hall, esp like the drooping lamps but perhaps they could scale it up x10 and be fit for current passenger numbers

Yeah, for a second I thought "ach, why can't we have stations like that again?" before quickly realising they're atrocious for both passenger volume and accessibility, no doubt alongside other reasons too.