59 And 61, Riding House Street W1

This building at the corner of Riding House Street comprises commercial premises, offices, and flats. It was built in 1903 by H. Fuller Clark for Boulting and Sons. The building is constructed of purple brick, hard red brick, some glazed tilework, and Portland stone dressings, with a slate roof. It is an example of a Free Style design, featuring restrained Tudor-derived details.

The building has five storeys, a basement, and a dormered mansard roof. It is five windows wide, with a corbelled corner oriel and two-window returns. The main office entrance is to the right of number 59, set within a broad panelled stone surround with a raised "keystone" panel over the door. A lower entrance to number 61 is centrally positioned, with a cambered arched deep doorhead contained within carved reveals. The windows are primarily through-storey shallow rectangular bay windows with flush stone frames and plain square section stone mullions. The ground floor windows have more varied design, including large square section mullion and transom stone-framed display windows to number 59 that rise directly from the pavement. Blind brick bays flank the corner, and at third floor level, these bays feature large corbelled mosaic panels emblazoned with the firm's name in elongated Edwardian gold lettering. A small oriel over the number 61 entrance illuminates the staircase above. Shaped sections of parapet are located between the through-storey bay windows and are finished with shaped stone roofs or segmental cornice gables. Unusual square turret features flank the corner oriel, and a blind flank bay of number 61 continues through the parapet, finishing square with a cornice and shaped parapet. The roofscape is chunky and variegated, topped by large square brick chimney stacks. The building is comparable in style to Tower House and Belmont House on Candover Street, and number 40 Foley Street. The architecture is representative of the Arts and Crafts movement, influenced by Peter Davey.