These 4 small Boardroom style meeting rooms in the hotel can be used for small meetings or private dining for between 10-12 people per room.
*History of the spaces
The Cashier (33 sqm)
In Victorian times, hotel finances were looked after by The Cashier's Office. The Cashier's job was to collect money from guests for their lodging accommodation and any other fees they may have incurred during their stay. As the name suggests, the Cashier was home to the staff in charge of all payments to the train station
Paxton (34 sqm)
The engineer-architect partnership of William Henry Barlow and Rowland Mason Ordish that masterminded the design of the St Pancras cast-iron train shed was forged in the construction of the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The structure was the brainchild of Joseph Paxton, head gardener at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, where he had designed gardens, fountains, a conservatory and a glass lily house. On a trip to London, Paxton heard of the difficulties Prince Albert's advisors were experiencing in finding a suitable design for the 1851 exhibition hall, and submitted his own blueprint - a giant version of his lily house. It was inexpensive, simple to erect and, although 500m long and 140m wide, was built in just eight months. Despite the scepticism of the press, the Crystal Palace was a sensation when it opened in May 1851, and Paxton was knighted by Queen Victoria later that year.
Billiard (42 sqm)
There are few more cheerful sights, when the evenings are long and the weather dull, than a handsome, well-lighted billiard room, with the smooth, green surface of the billiard table; the ivory balls flying noiselessly here and there, or clicking musically together.
Jr, 1889. When the Midland Grand first opened, billiards was a popular game among the upper classes. The hotel included a room dedicated to it, where gentlemen could challenge each other - perhaps while their partners relaxed in the Ladies' Smoking Room.
On hand was a member of staff whose sole job was to keep score. He was paid a meagre ten pence a week, but made up his salary in tips.
Station Master’s Office (33 sqm)
In the 1870s, when the Midland Grand Hotel opened, railway stations were managed by station masters, who would have charge over other employees and ensure the safe and efficient running of the station. He enjoyed significant standing in local society and would usually be provided with a large house adjacent to his place of work. When St Pancras Station was built, the first station master insisted that his office be based not in the terminus building but in the quieter, more prestigious surroundings of the hotel. In so doing, he unwittingly provided the modern hotel with one of its most handsome meeting rooms.
