Paddington station span saved from demolition
The Guardian: August 2, 2006
Maev Kennedy
Building historians were exultant last night that plans to demolish the fourth span of Paddington station - an Edwardian addition carefully matched to Isambard Kingdom Brunel's original London terminus for his Great Western Railway - have been abandoned by Network Rail.
Glass and steel marvel: one of Paddington station's grade-I-listed roof canopies. Photo: Riba
The proposed demolition, to make way for an office and retail development, had approval from Westminster council and English Heritage, but was fought passionately by architectural historians. If it had gone ahead it would have been the most extensive destruction of a Grade I structure since listing began.