Green light to turn LU’s art deco gem into luxury hotel

By Tom Lowe2020-06-16T05:00:00

Scheme at 55 Broadway was sold to developer last year

Plans by EPR Architects to turn the former headquarters of London Underground at 55 Broadway into a luxury hotel have been given the green light by Westminster council planners.

The grade I-listed building (pictured), drawn up by architect Charles Holden, best known for designing many of the stations on the network, will be turned into a hotel to be operated by Blue Orchid Hotels.

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