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Latitude: 51.5073 / 51°30'26"N
Longitude: -0.1525 / 0°9'8"W
OS Eastings: 528314
OS Northings: 180330
OS Grid: TQ283803
Mapcode National: GBR 9F.YT
Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.9CQT
Plus Code: 9C3XGR4X+W2
Entry Name: Dorchester Hotel
Listing Date: 16 January 1981
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1225963
English Heritage Legacy ID: 423006
ID on this website: 101225963
Location: Mayfair, Westminster, London, W1K
County: London
District: City of Westminster
Electoral Ward/Division: West End
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: City of Westminster
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St George, Hanover Square
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Restaurant Hotel Art Deco
TQ 2880 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER PARK LANE, Wl
79/33 (east side)
16.1.81 Dorchester Hotel
II
"Grand" hotel. 1930, the structural frame by Sir Owen Williams but
the elevations by Curtis Green. Monumental hotel building faced in
"art" stone. Modernistic rather than International Modern with small
scale restrained use of "jazzy" decorative motifs derived from the
1925 Paris Exhibition. Principally of 10 storeys with stepped back
terraced attics. Concave entrance facade to south of 5 bays and long
Park Lane return with recessed range above ground floor and 3 bay end
blocks. Concave angles to corners with 6-storey bronze and glass
oriels; "bronze" finished casements. The "jazzy" waved or zigzag
patterns are used for the shallow between-storey and parapet friezes.
The entrance facade has continuous balconies across 3rd and 7th
floors. Apart from some original motifs in the entrance hall and
reception the interiors have been redecorated in the late C.20. An
innovatory feature of the structural design is the use of seaweed
sound insulation in the floors and partitions.
Listing NGR: TQ2831480330
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