North Western Hall

North Western Hall is a former hotel that has been converted into student accommodation. It was designed by A. Waterhouse for the London North Western Railway and is built in the French Renaissance style using stone with a slate roof. The building has five storeys, a basement, and an attic, featuring 21 bays. The end bays and the bays flanking the three-bay centre project outward and rise into towers.

On the ground floor, there are round-headed windows with bracketed sills and moulded arches. The entrance features a round arch supported by Doric columns, flanked by a window with carved spandrels. The first-floor windows have balconies, and the three central windows are behind a Doric colonnade that supports two statues. The windows from the first to the third floor are set in round-arched recesses. The end bays have two-storey oriel windows with decorated bases and pierced parapets.

The fourth floor has a wide sill band and balconies to the windows, which include panels between them. There is a bracketed cornice and stone dormers. The end bays feature windows with three round-headed lights, topped with a cornice and dormer above, while the centre bay is similar. The towers flanking the centre rise two storeys and have finials with flanking stacks. The end bay towers have steep pavilion roofs with cresting and flanking stacks, and there are twelve cross-axial stacks. The area is enclosed by railings and stone piers.

On the return to Lord Nelson Street, there are eight-light continuous windows between blank end bays, with a pointed arched entrance and window under a round relieving arch. The right-hand return is similar, featuring a one-storey projecting block with raised end bays and pavilion roofs.

Inside, the entrance hall has granite columns and a fireplace. A rectangular glazed lean-to extension includes iron balusters. The buffet features a coffered ceiling supported by two rows of Corinthian columns, and there is an end fireplace with a pier glass above.