101-104, PICCADILLY W1

Nos 101 to 104 Piccadilly is a large former club building constructed in 1890 by Colonel Edis for the Junior Constitutional Club. The building features a white marble and Portland stone façade with a slate roof, showcasing Free Italian and Flemish Renaissance detailing. It stands four storeys tall, with a high basement and two attic storeys, and has a broad, symmetrical front with five windows. The ground floor is designed in the Doric order, with pairs of polished granite columns flanking the windows and a central entrance accessed by steps. The upper floors include flanking and central two-storey canted bay windows adorned with carved decoration. The first and second floors have arcaded and balustraded windows, while the third floor features paired windows. The building is topped with enriched cornices and three ornamental gables, along with two storeys of attic windows and double stone dormers that break the balustraded parapet, which has been altered above. A high balustrade surrounds the area, topped by six cast iron lamp standards. This building is noted as apparently the first in London to be entirely faced in marble.