96 and 97, Piccadilly W1

Nos 96 and 97 Piccadilly, built as the New Travellers' Club between 1890 and 1891 by T. and F. Verity, feature a restrained classical design using Ham Hill Stone and a slate roof. The building has three main storeys, an attic storey, and a dormered mansard. It presents four bays above the ground floor, which includes narrow channelling, a mid-20th century plate glass shop window, and a corniced doorway to the left that is approached by steps. An entablature is located at the first floor level. The first and second floor windows are architraved, with pediments above the first-floor windows. The bays are defined by a giant order of pedestalled Corinthian pilasters that support an entablature with a boldly bracketed cornice over the second floor. The attic storey features squat, partly fluted pilasters, with windows flanked by elongated consoles. A dentil cornice and a crowning balustrade are topped by a prominent corniced chimney stack, and there are pediments above the dormers. There is a two-bay return to White Horse Street that is similar in style, along with a two-storey extension that maintains the classical detailing and features an entablatured doorway with a cornice hood on bold consoles.