What is historically significant about Kings Cross station and its environs?
• King’s Cross Station, designed by Lewis Cubitt and opened in 1852, is one of the great monuments to the Victorian age of railway building. Architecturally, its double barrel vaulted trainshed and twin arched front elevation are a masterpiece of functional design. Historically, along with the other London termini, Kings Cross radically changed the capital and its relationship with the rest of England. The redevelopment of the former railway lands at King’s Cross is one of the most important regeneration projects in the country. The heart of the development is the repair and conversion of the site’s many historic industrial buildings and structures.