63 And 65, Piccadilly W1

TQ 2980 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER PICCADILLY W1 81/63 (north side) 7.10.71 Nos 63 and 65 GV II Corner bank and office block. 1922-23 by Curtis Green. Portland stone, slate roof. Individual and carefully proportioned classical design. Ground floor and 5 upper storeys arranged in 3 stages. 5 bays wide to Piccadilly. On the ground floor the 3 central bays have high semicircular arched windows lighting the banking hall with a balcony and a range of windows to a mezzanine floor. The 2nd stage has the same central 3 bays marked by semicircular arched recesses enclosing compositions of windows to 2 storeys. The 3rd stage has a single Ionic order running through the remaining two storeys, The central 3 bays again emphasised, here by deep recessing behind the colonnade to form a galleria surmounted by a high medium pitched roof. The Albemarle return is shorter but uses much the same compositional elements.

Listing NGR: TQ2911280405