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A water colour painting of Curzon Street Goods Depot by Claude Buckle

Curzon Street Goods Depot, Birmingham from the Railway Architectural Series. Demolished in May 2006.
This is a carriage print by Claude Buckle showing Curzon Street Goods Depot, Birmingham from the Railway Architectural Series. Demolished in May 2006.

A landmark of British railway architecture, Curzon Street Station was designed in 1838 by Philip Hardwick to serve both the Grand Junction and London and Birmingham Railways. Built in the classical Ionic style, with a magnificent pillared frontage, it was the identical twin of the original station hall at Euston (demolished in 1962). In use as a passenger terminus for less than 20 years, it was relegated to a goods depot and finally closed in 1968. Employed as offices for a number of years, and narrowly escaping several proposals for demolition and redevelopment, the Grade I listed building has been empty since 2001.(demolished in 2006)

Created in 1951.