Date: March 20, 2025. Time: 9 AM PST/12 PM EST/5 PM GMT
Online via Zoom.
Following three successful webinar series on Palladianism in Britain (2022), Interwar Architecture in Britain (2023), and the Development of Social Housing in the United Kingdom, BALT’s 2025 webinar series will focus on the Architecture of Transport in Britain.
The series launches with discussions of the development of English infrastructure during the Georgian Period 1750-1830, followed by British Bridges of the 19th Century, and elaborates further by covering St Pancras and the Elizabeth Line. With presentations by Steven Brindle, Dan Cruickshank, Simon Bradley and Hugh Pearman, this series promises to be enriching and insightful.
All webinars will take place via Zoom. A link will be emailed to all those who register a week before and the day of the event.
Description:
St Pancras Station is a landmark of Victorian engineering and architecture, celebrated for its awe-inspiring train shed designed by William Barlow and the opulent Midland Grand Hotel by George Gilbert Scott. Its regeneration in the 21st century restored the grandeur of the original structure while modernizing it for contemporary use, blending historical preservation with cutting-edge design. This transformation underscores the enduring significance of St Pancras as both a symbol of Victorian ambition and a model of adaptive reuse, bridging the past and present in Britain’s railway heritage.
Speaker: Simon Bradley
Simon Bradley is joint editor of the Pevsner Architectural Guides series (Yale University Press), for which he has written several revised volumes covering London and the English counties, including Oxfordshire: Oxford and the South East (2023). His other books include a study of St Pancras station (2011), and two larger works of railway history, The Railways: Nation, Network and People (2015) and Bradley’s Railway Guide (2024).
