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By the second half of the twentieth century the hotel was due for refurbishment and, following the redesign and improvement of the railway station in the 1980s, it was expected that an investor would be found to accomplish a similar task with the adjacent hotel. The Manser Practice, which had already
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traffic by staying near the railway station. By 1908 the hotel was operating as the Liverpool Street Hotel and produced postcards advertising its proximity to the London Underground. A daily supply of fresh sea water for bathing was brought in by train. The building is notable also for its inclusion
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The building, including the Abercorn Rooms, is of red brick with stucco and stone ground floor and mildly classical style dressings. Of the 267 rooms, 15 are suites. Seven bars and restaurants are available on the property, as well as a fitness centre and steam room.
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meets the titular character in the bar of the Great Eastern after a twenty-year separation; Austerlitz recounts details of the building including the Grecian temple.
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in 1884. The building underwent extensive renovation and expansion between 1899 and 1901 and again in 2000, when it was co-owned by
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in the ceiling of the lobby and in the main dining room and by providing as many views of London as possible in the bedrooms.
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The Victorian building that houses the hotel is built on the site of England's first hospital for the mentally ill, the
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An additional section, the Abercorn Rooms, was added a decade later by
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has owned the hotel since 2006, operating it under the Andaz brand.
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In Darkest London: The Gothic Cityscape in Victorian Literature
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achieved success with the planning and construction of a
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Health, Medicine and Mortality in the Sixteenth Century
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in London, met at the Great Eastern from 1920 to 1947.
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Andaz London Liverpool Street
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London
EC2
Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Edward Middleton Barry
Charles Barry, Jr.
http://andazlondonliverpoolstreet.com
Bishopsgate Without
City of London
Liverpool Street station
Terence Conran
Hyatt
listed Grade II
National Heritage List for England
Bethlehem Royal Hospital
Charles Barry, Jr.
Edward Middleton Barry
Lucas Brothers
Robert William Edis
City
Masonic Temples
lodge
Masons
Hilton Hotels & Resorts
London Heathrow Airport
daylighting
lightwells
Hyatt

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