TOUR OF THE ICONIC MIDLAND HOTEL

The Midland Hotel Manchester,[3] often referred to simply as The Midland, is a grand hotel in Manchester, England. Opened in September 1903, it was built by the Midland Railway to serve Manchester Central railway station.
The hotel was designed by Charles Trubshaw in a highly individualistic Edwardian Baroque style and constructed between 1898 and 1903 for the Midland Railway Company at a cost of more than £1 million. In 1908 The Railway News reported that the hotel had over 70,000 guests in its first year and described it as a "Twentieth century palace".[4] The hotel had a 1,000-seat purpose-built theatre where opera, drama and early Annie Horniman performances were staged, and a roof terrace where a string quartet performed.[
The hotel has 312 en-suite bedrooms and 14 suites, a health club and two restaurants - The French and Mr. Cooper's House & Garden
The Midland Hotel was allegedly coveted by Adolf Hitler, who maintained a keen interest in architecture, as a possible Nazi headquarters in Britain.[6] American intelligence speculated that the area of Manchester around the town hall was spared from bombing so as not to damage or destroy the Midland Hotel.[7]
The Midland was where Charles Rolls met Henry Royce leading to the formation of Rolls-Royce Limited in 1904.[8] Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother dined in the hotel's Trafford Restaurant in November 1959 after attending a Royal Variety Performance at the Palace Theatre. The Beatles were famously refused access to the French Restaurant for being "inappropriately dressed".
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One of my favourite hotels!