One of the most impressive revivalist style railway stations in the world is the complex of St Pancras Station and Midland Grand (today Renaissance Marriott) Hotel (1865–8). This picturesque Neo-Gothic ensemble was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811–1878). Scott won the tender in spite of his design exceeded the set maximum cost. In the end, he had to leave one of the designed storeys. Some years earlier he created a country house, Kelham Hall in Nottinghamshire (1858–62), which was an inspiration for St Pancras Station in stylistic and material aspects. We can consider Scott the most prolific Victorian architect: he created 879 buildings. His architectural bureau was the biggest in contemporary Europe: 36 assistants and students worked there. Scott mainly built churches and dealt with church restaurations. Neo-Gothicism was his preferred style. The exterior of the station is polychromatic. Red bricks are combined with beige colour stone, plus red and grey granite. Above, there are gables with Flemish characters. The clock tower was influenced by Augustus Pugin’s Big Ben Tower. The effect of the Bavarian Neuschwanstein Castle was also discovered by historians, so Scott’s work could be considered a castle of German fairytales. Furthermore, because of its medieval style, we also could label it the cathedral of railway stations. The building type of railway station was comparatively new in the 19th century, it was born thanks to the Industrial Revolution. It was not a despised deed if architects paired this modern building type with modern glass-iron structure. However, Scott also used medieval forms here, which was an intrepid step by him: it defied the principles of the two great theorists of British Neo-Gothicism, namely, Pugin and John Ruskin. They resisted the combination of glazed iron structure and Gothic forms. Nevertheless, Scott proved here that iron structure could be integrated in Gothic Revival. When he was young he already worked on a modern structure, namely, the later demolished Hungerford Market (on its site, we can find Charing Cross Station and Hotel now). So he had liked this modern structure for a long time. St Pancras station was the widest iron-glass edifice in the world with its 243 feet span. Inside the complex, the staircase hall of the hotel is the most spectacular part. It was one of the last grand stairways: the era of hydraulic lifts began a bit later. One of the neighbouring buildings is another railway station, the King Cross, which does not have a very decorated elevation in contrast to Scott’s work. Unfortunately, similarly to the tendency in the whole world, the posterity did not like the period of neo-styles of the 19th century for a long time in Britain either. In the 1930s the building was closed, in addition, it was damaged in the Second World War. In the 1960s the demolition was planned but eventually, its artistic and structural values were realized and it was saved. Nowadays the visitors, guests and travellers are fascinated by the splendour of this significant creation of Scott who was one of the greatest masters of Victorian architectural art. Literature: Dixon, Roger – Muthesius, Stefan: Victorian Architecture. Thames & Hudson, London, 1978. 2008. Jones, Edward – Woodward, Christopher: Guide to the Architecture of London. London, 1983. 2013. Stamp, Gavin: Gothic for the Steam age. An Illustrated Biography of George Gilbert Scott. Aurum Press, London, 2015.