Conceived in the age of steam!

First opened as the Great Central Hotel in 1899, the Landmark London was the last of the great Victorian Railway hotels constructed at the end of the golden age of steam locomotion.

Sir John Blundell Maple, chairman of the furniture company Maples, commissioned a Gothic Revivalist icon that would surpass all existing hotels in opulence and luxury.

The present day atrium and Winter Garden was originally a vast central courtyard in which horse drawn carriages could gracefully and comfortably deposit their fortunate occupants.

During World War II, the hotel was requisitioned by the government for convalescing officers and soldiers.

Now completely restored

In 1986 an ambitious and extensive program of renovation work commenced and in 1995 the hotel was acquired by its present owners and renamed the Landmark London.

With the huge and palpably successful investment in it restoration, this master class in Gothic architectural and design remains as impressive and luxuriant today as it must have been 110 years ago when it gates were first opened to the late Victorians.