Giant structures in an array of far-fetched architectural styles rose with coming of railways and declined with popularity of air travel, writes Rowan Moore
Giant structures in an array of far-fetched architectural styles rose with coming of railways and declined with popularity of air travel
They strove to attract attention with an accelerating turnover of architectural styles. They rapidly evolved from 18th-century coaching inns and converted private houses to purpose-built hotels that at first looked like extra-large Georgian townhouses, then Regency stately homes, then French chateaux, Scottish castles and almost anything their architects and owners could think of.
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