London blue plaque Lewis Cubitt and King's Cross railway station

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# King's Cross Railway Station Standing before the soaring Victorian brick facade of King's Cross station, you're looking at the architectural triumph that defined Lewis Cubitt's career and transformed London's connection to the north. In the early 1850s, Cubitt designed this revolutionary terminus...

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13-21 Euston Rd

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King's Cross station. Lewis Cubitt 1799-1883 architect. The station was opened in 1852 as the London terminus of the Great Northern Railway and was restored between 2008 and 2013 by Network Rail with support from the Railway Heritage Trust. The station is Listed Grade 1 and stands in the King's Cross & St Pancras Conservation Area. GNR