| Railway Hotel | |
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| General information | |
| Address | 38-40 Station Rd, Edgware HA8 7AB |
| Town or city | London |
| Opening | 1932 |
| Closed | 2006 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | A. E. Sewell |
The Railway Hotel is a former pub and hotel in Station Road, Edgware and a Grade II listed building with Historic England.
The Railway Hotel was built and designed in 1931 by the architect A. E. Sewell for Truman Hanbury Buxton, brewers, [1] and opened in 1932. [2]
The historic building closed in 2006 after not reaching health and safety standards. [3] In 2013 the building was added to Historic England’s Heritage At Risk register. [4] On 11 July 2016, having been empty, the building caught fire in the early morning. [3]
Through the 2010s there were several owners, none making any significant progress. In 2016 an arson attack left a portion of the ground floor destroyed and the public began to fear developers would build new apartments after a lack of support from the council.
A petition, launched in 2016 to Historic England in an attempt to try and restore the building, received 2,287 signatures. [5]
Announced in 2017 the building was listed at public auction with a minimum value of £2 million. [6]
In September 2018, it was announced that the building would be renovated and turned into a restaurant.[ citation needed ] Work on this was reported to be underway, although it has yet to be completed as of 2024.[ citation needed ]
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