Lewis Cubitt 1709 - 1883

occupation:
Architect
Nationality:
English; British
born in:
England, United Kingdom

1840s - established a reputation as a railway architect. 1850s - designed King's Cross Station.

Related Objects

Going North, King's Cross Station
Watercolour, The Granary at King's Cross, by Lewis Cubitt, 1851. Depicts the canal basin and the Great Northern Railway granary with adjacent warehouse buildings, railway tracks and transit sheds. There are barges in the basin, and wagons are being loaded and unloaded in front of the granary. This watercolour was exhibited by Cubitt, the granary's architect, at the Royal Academy in 1851. Framed and glazed. Frame is not original.

Granary at King's Cross
Watercolour, Interior of the Granary transit shed at King's Cross, by an unknown artist, believed to be Lewis Cubitt, about 1851. Depicts the interior of the Great Northern Railway's granary. In the foreground are barges in a canal basin, with packages being loaded or unloaded from railway wagons on an adjacent track. Beyond is a bustling scene of dockers, porters, horses and wagons, with lines of cranes running the length of the building. The top half of the painting is dominated by the wooden beams supporting the roof, with a blue sky visible through glass skylights. Cubitt was the granary's architect. Framed and glazed. The frame is not original.

Interior of the Granary at King's Cross
Watercolour, Arrival of Queen Victoria at King's Cross Station, by an unknown artist, possibly Lewis Cubitt, the station's architect, about 1852. Depicts the station frontage, with crowds greeting the arrival of the royal carriage which appears to contain Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and is escorted by the Household Cavalry. There are carriages and horse buses in front of the station, and a wagon carrying a steam locomotive on York Road, the street alongside the station. A man standing in the road in front of the station holds a placard inscribed "Gt Northern R, York Races". Framed and glazed in perspex. Frame is not original.

Arrival of Queen Victoria at King's Cross Station