Guilford is named after Guilford Street, south of King’s Cross. It was built as a part of the Doughty Estates, an effort to turn the open fields south of the Foundling Hospital into residential grounds. On the junction with Russell Square, the street houses the Russell Hotel. Built in 1898 by Charles Fitzroy Doll, the building is uncommonly clad in decorative thé-au-lait terracotta inspired by the Renaissance buildings of Paris. Its restaurant is said to be nearly identical to the RMS Titanic’s dining room, also designed by Doll.