The Langham Hotel

An albumen print view of the Langham Hotel.

Located on on Langham Place facing up Portland Place, the Langham was built between 1863 and 1865 at a cost of £300,000. It was then the largest and most modern hotel in the city, featuring a hundred water closets, thirty six bathrooms and the first hydraulic lifts in England. The opening ceremony was performed by the Prince of Wales.

Photographer unidentified.