Midland+Hotel

Next to the Manchester Central Railway Station, this hotel is situated. It was built by the Midland Railway Company to serve as a railway travellers' shelter, hence the name. It now has 312 bedrooms and many famous people have stayed here. For instance, Paul McCarntey, Spicegirls, Pavarotti, and David Beckham have visited the hotel. Also Charles Stewart Rolls and Frederick Henry Royce met here. Later they the formed world famous Rolls-Royce Limited in 1906. The building is typical of 19th century British building. It was designed by Charles Trubshaw and built from 1898 to 1903. It is made in a special polished brick that will easily bee cleaned off by the rain. Luckily, Manchester is an extremely rainy city. This kind of brick can thus be found in several other buildings in Manchester.

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