The Midland Hotel is a 90-

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three-

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hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a ref ...

in Bradford city centre, owned and managed by

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-based

Peel Hotels Peel Hotels plc is a hotel company operating in the United Kingdom. It operates eight hotels and is listed on the AIM. The company was founded in 1998 by Robert Peel, when he bought the Bull Hotel in Peterborough. Since that date, the compan ...

. The architect was

Charles Trubshaw Charles Trubshaw FRIBA (1840 – 15 February 1917) was an architect specifically associated with railway buildings on the London and North Western Railway and Midland Railway lines. Career He trained as an architect in the office of his father, ...

, who was contracted to design many railway stations for

Midland Railway Company The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It ama ...

. Construction of the hotel began in 1885 and took five years to complete. It was built by the

as part of the original Forster Square Railway Station, as a showpiece for the company's northern operations. Following the "golden age of steam" the hotel fell into disrepair until it was bought by Bradford entrepreneur John Pennington in 1992, who restored it and the hotel re-opened as the Pennington Midland Hotel in 1993. It was sold to Peel Hotels in December 1998, who returned it back to its original name. During its life, the hotel has played host to many famous guests, including Sir

Henry Irving Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 – 13 October 1905), christened John Henry Brodribb, sometimes known as J. H. Irving, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era, known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility ...

, an English stage actor, who died there in 1905. The corner block of the hotel on Lower Kirkgate (pictured) was made a

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listed building in 1983.

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British Listed Buildings
{{Bradford Railway hotels in England Hotels in West Yorkshire Buildings and structures in Bradford Charles Trubshaw buildings

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