London House

London House is a terraced town mansion dating from 1819-21, designed by S.P. and principally C.R. Cockerell for the Bishop of London. It was altered in 1897 by W.D. Caröe and again to the interior in 1932-33 by H.L. Anderson. The building is constructed of stock brick with Bath and Portland stone dressings, and has a slate roof. It presents a highly refined neo-classical facade.

The house has three storeys, a basement, and a dormered mansard. It is three windows wide. An Ionic porch with fluted columns in antis was added by H.L. Anderson, providing access to the left side of the building. The ground floor has two recessed sash windows, each set under a flat gauged arch with a stone sill. The piano nobile features three Venetian windows set within large semicircular arched openings, with sash lights divided by slender Doric pilasters, carrying moulded imposts and a fan shaped lunette above the central light. A stone pedestal course is punctuated by stone balconies with Doric column balusters. The second floor has smaller sashes recessed under gauged flat arches and set on a stone sill course. The front is flanked by brick pilasters and finished with a stone frieze and a boldly profiled cornice, the blocking course broken in front of attic windows by Caröe, and elegantly finished with stellae and volute-stops. Cast iron spearhead area railings are present.

The interior, altered respectfully for club use by H.L. Anderson, retains good cornices and friezes, notably in the first-floor rooms, which feature ceiling borders with intricate fret panels and patterae.