Euston Road the 1960s to cater for the increasing demands of motor traffic, and the Euston Tower was built around that time. The road contains several significant buildings including the Wellcome Library, the British Library and the St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel. The road starts as a continuation of the A501, a major road through Central London, at its junction with Marylebone Road and Great Portland Street. It meets the northern end of Tottenham Court Road at a large junction where there is an underpass, and ends at King's Cross with Gray's Inn Road. The road ahead to Islington is Pentonville Road.
St Luke's Church, Euston Road St Luke's Church, Euston Road St Luke's Church, Euston Road was a Church of England parish church on the Euston Road in London. It was designed by John Johnson, also one of the architects of St Paul's Church, Camden Square. It was built in 1856-61 on the corner of Midland Road. The construction in the 1860s of the Midland Railway's London terminus, St Pancras railway station, necessitated the church's demolition. It was taken down and re-erected in 1866-7, with alterations by Johnson, as a Congregational church in Wanstead. Its sale to Wanstead provided £526 which was combined with £12,500 compensation