162-165, PICCADILLY W1 (See details for further address information)

Nos 162 to 165 Piccadilly, including No 39 St. James's Street, is a corner block of offices and shops built between 1907 and 1909 by architects Runtz and Ford. The building is clad in marble and features a slate roof, showcasing a rich and busy Free Baroque style. It has four main storeys, a mezzanine at the ground floor, an attic storey, and two roof storeys.

The symmetrical front facing Piccadilly has a five-bay centre flanked by slightly advanced pavilions, with a splayed corner that rises as a bowed oriel. The St. James's Street side has three bays. The splayed corner entrance is marked by pedestalled Ionic columns and a pediment that is interrupted by the mezzanine. The ground floor of the central five bays is obscured by mid-20th century shop windows and fascias. The pavilions feature channelled rusticated arches at the mezzanine level, while the cornice over the central bays is enhanced by two-storey engaged giant Ionic columns, with enriched window architraves and segmental pediments on the first floor.

The pavilions also have channelled giant pilasters and columned tripartite windows adorned with cartouches and putti. Above a deep entablature on the third floor, enriched oculi are framed by lion head-capped inverted consoles, with additional cartouches on the pavilions. A bold crowning cornice caps the structure, with attics in the pavilions featuring rusticated arches and crowning bronze ornaments. The bowed corner oriel has tripartite windows and is topped by a bronze sculpture group on a large stone base. The St. James's return features a similar three-bay design with a pilastered semicircular arched doorway, complete with an open pediment on scrolled brackets in the end bay.