Sellar, the developer of the Shard, wants to build a 16-storey tower block on top of the historic mainline Liverpool Street station.
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… regarded as one of the best examples of Victorian restoration…
The Evening Standard writes:
Plans for a £1.5bn hotel and office block development that would fund a “cost free” upgrade of Liverpool Street station were unveiled on Thursday.
Sellar, the developer of the Shard, wants to build a 16-storey tower block on top of the historic mainline station.
But it faces a battle with conservationists who are alarmed at the potential impact on the Grade II listed station, its “spectacular” glass roof and the former Great Eastern railway hotel, now the Andaz hotel….
The station, which dates to 1874, was reopened by the Queen in 1991 after a six-year modernisation that was regarded as one of the best examples of Victorian restoration.
Liverpool Street was the third busiest station in London pre-pandemic, with 67 million passenger journeys a year, according to official data…..
Historic England, the conservation watchdog, is giving “pre-application advice” to the developer and checking whether the station’s listed status needed to be updated.
The Victorian Society has asked Historic England to upgrade the station to Grade II* status, which could offer greater protection.
