Listed Building record MDR10341 - Midland Hotel, Midland Road, Derby

Midland Hotel, Midland Road, Derby, built c1841. Midland Hotel. Three storey brick with stone dressings, window surrounds, corner quoins and string course, with slate roof. Built in 1841 to designs of Francis Thompson as a speculative venture by Thomas Jackson, the principal contractor for the railway buildings and tri-junct station. It is the oldest surviving purpose-built railway hotel. (1) From the National Heritage List for England: 'MIDLAND ROAD 1. 5170 Midland Hotel SK 33 NE 9/231 II 2. 1842, by Francis Thompson. Brick with stone dressings. Principal facade 3 storeys; 7 bays, the outer ones advanced a little and with even quoins left and right. All window sashes in simple moulded stone frames. 1st floor windows with balconies, those of the centre bays blind. Stone band at ground floor level and moulded stone band at lst floor sill level. Big stone cornice beneath 2nd floor. Stone blocking course. In the outer bays, the ground floor windows are tripartite, the 1st floor windows coupled beneath a cornice and the 2nd floor windows triplets. On the return in Midland Road, a single-storeyed block of c.1930 links the two 5-storeyed 3-bay wings. Listing NGR: SK3613235484.' (2)