Corinthian columns and frieze by an interior door (detail)

Sydney Smirke and George Basevi

1843-45

The old Conservative Club

St James's Street, London

The columns here are of rich Siena marble (Watkin), and the cornice is wonderfully varied and intricate, with geometric pattering of different designs in each of its rows.

Photograph and text 2008 by Jacqueline Banerjee

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Other Views

• The old Conservative Club
• Detail of frieze on the façade
• Entrance
• Decor of the saloon
• Decor of the saloon, showing roundel of Hogarth
• Floor mosaic in the saloon, by John Marriott Blashfield (detail)
• Looking up at the gallery or upper storey of the saloon
• Looking up towards the dome
• Drawing-room ceiling

Sources

"A Brief History of 74 St James's Street." Information sheet available at the bank at Open House London weekend, 20-21 September 2008.

Sheppard, F. H. W. "St James's Street, West Side, Existing Buildings." Survey of London, Vols. 29 and 30, St James Westminster, Part I (1960). Viewed 9 October 2008.

Watkin, David. "Cultured Club." bd: The Architects' Website. Viewed 9 October 2008.

Weinreb, Ben and Christopher Hibbert, eds. The London Encyclopaedia. London: Macmillan, rev. ed. 1992.

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Last modified 9 October 2008