Description

TQ 2980 CITY OF WESTMINSTER ST. JAMES'S STREET SW1
81/116 (West side)
No 86, (The Constitutional
5.2.70 Club)
GV II
Gentlemen's Club, 1862 by James Knowles, junior, for the Thatched
House Club, later Civil Service Club and Union Club. Sculpture by
Daymond. Brown stone, slate roof. Very ornate High Victorian
elevation with Italianate and Renaissance details. 4 storeys,
basement and dormered mansard. 4 bays on ground floor including
doorway to right in semicircular arched openings with hood moulds and
carved imposts, and the spandrels and wall surface between richly
carved with spreading foliage which also climbs up the large corbel
supporting the central 2 storey oriel, flanked by round headed 1st
floor windows, square headed on 2nd floor, the top floor with enriched
arcaded windows. Bold crowning cornice and round arched dormers.
Interior with equally bold stuccowork and mouldings. The Dining Room
has reset early C19 chimney piece from Carlton House Terrace.
Survey of London; vol XXX
James Knowles, Victorian Editor and Architect; Priscilla Metcalf.

Listing NGR: TQ2928180115

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27083067

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas