Originally Posted by
GlennTheBaker
The hotel was formerly the Midland Grand Hotel as part of St Pancras station which closed in 1935 and was used as railway offices until the 1980's. These were then closed and it was disused until renovation and re-opening.
Apart from 19th April 1996 when the Spice Girls used it to film a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJLIiF15wjQ