Philip Hardwick was an English architect, particularly associated with railway stations and warehouses in London and elsewhere. Hardwick is probably best known for London's demolished Euston Arch and its twin station, the original Birmingham Curzon Street, which stands today as the oldest railway terminus building in the world.
c.1850
Euston Arch
Curzon Street Station, c.1913.
Julia Hardwick, née Shaw, with her two sons, by Daniel Maclise. Philip Charles Hardwick on the right.
The Euston Arch, built in 1837, was the original entrance to Euston station, facing onto Drummond Street, London. The arch was demolished when the station was rebuilt in the 1960s, but much of the original stone was later located—principally used as fill in the Prescott Channel—and proposals have been formulated to reconstruct it as part of the planned redevelopment of the station, including the station's use as the London terminus of the High Speed 2 line.
The Euston Arch in the 1890s
Entrance Front of the London Station by C. F. Cheffins, published 3 April 1837.
Construction of the Euston Arch, London, January 1838, by John Cooke Bourne; reminiscent of David Roberts' drawings of ancient Egypt.
Ground plan of Euston station 1838. The grey areas were open granite paving. The Euston Arch is on the left (south) of the plan between its four lodges, forming a grand entrance to the station building, on the departures side of the station
