Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: To this was joined in 1867 an Italianate style hotel and forecourt designed by E.M. Barry which provided much of the station 's passenger facilities as well as an impressive architectural frontispiece to the street .
Simplified: To this was joined in 1867 an Italianate style hotel and forecourt . These gave passenger facilities , as well as an impressive frontage onto the street .