Great Northern Hotel, Henry Goddard, and Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa brushed metal plaque

This brushed metal commemorative plaque records: Great Northern Hotel - The 1852 original 13 bedroom hotel, architect Henry Goddard, built by Kirk and Parry, cost £2,500. It was one of the five Great Northern Railway GNR hotels. it had a bakery, laundry, farm, stables and a pleasure garden. In 1859 the GNR extended it to become a 25 bedroom hotel. In 1863 Prussia's Crown Princess stayed. In 1900 a serious fire occurred. During WW2 the hotel closed, making room for LNER engineers from London. In 1970 British Transport Hotels added 20 bedrooms, Privatized in 1982, Peter Boizot bought the hotel in 1993 and undertook sympathetic restoration. Recorded plaque organisation: Peterborough Civic Society.

Henry Goddard was an architect known for designing significant buildings including the original Great Northern Hotel in 1852, contributing to the architectural landscape of railway hotels. Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, Princess Royal, stayed at the hotel in 1863; she was a prominent figure as the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and played a role in cultural exchanges through her marriage to the future German Emperor Friedrich III.