General Medical Council

The General Medical Council is an institution building dating from 1913 to 1915, with a later extension in the same style. It was designed by Eustace Frere. The building is constructed of Portland stone with a slate roof. The design presents a sophisticated facade, blending Georgian terrace house elements with Neo-Grec details, subtly reinforcing its institutional character. It is four storeys high, with the 1st and 2nd floors partially combined to create larger interior spaces, topped by a dormered mansard roof.

The right-hand section has a five-window front, with the three central windows arranged in a shallow, segmental bow. A square-headed doorway is located to the left, featuring antae pilaster jambs, with an anthemion neck pattern used as a frieze above the doorhead, and a lintel carved with a Grecian bas-relief. The ground floor has triplets of narrow recessed sash windows with anthemion blocks capping the dividers, with the left-hand triplet featuring windows with arabesque relief panels in the heads. The bow features two-storey-high windows arranged in tripartite groups, the dividers finished with miniature caryatids, and a dart moulding outlining the reveals. The third floor has three triplets of narrow sashes. The flanking bays have plain sashes but include oculi windows on the second floor. A deep sill band is present on the first floor, incorporating a Greek fret pattern on the bow, and below the third floor apron is a shallow relief of Aesculapius's symbol, flanked by lion head spouts. A cyma cornice sits below the parapet.

The left-hand section of the front (the extension) has similar details, including two through-storey tripartite windows matching those of the bow, and slightly varied pairs of narrow sash windows above a plainer version of the No. 44 doorway. The interior has not been inspected.