Midland Hotel, Art Deco hotel in Morecambe, England
The Midland Hotel is a four-story building with a curved white facade and round central tower on the shore of Morecambe Bay. The rooms are spread across several floors, many with sea views and sights of the Lancashire coast.
Oliver Hill designed the building for the London Midland and Scottish Railway, it opened in July 1933. During the Second World War it served as a hospital where more than a thousand members of the Royal Air Force were treated.
The name recalls the railway company that built this establishment as a luxury stop for its passengers. Visitors today enter a lobby with curved lines and original furniture that keeps the spirit of the 1930s alive.
The building stands right on the seafront promenade, with open views across the bay and the hills to the north. Public areas are mostly at ground level, the rooms are on the upper floors.
Eric Gill created several sculptures for the outer facade, including a stone seahorse above the entrance. The round tower in the middle of the building originally served as a viewing platform for arriving guests.
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