Grosvenor Hotel

The Grosvenor Hotel is a hotel built between 1860 and 1861 by J. T. Knowles, with carving work completed by Daymond and Sons. It is constructed of yellow brick and Bath stone, featuring a shaped slate mansard roof. The building has five storeys and is 19 bays wide, with the end pairs of bays slightly set forward and topped with pavilion roofs. The ground floor is rusticated, and there is a central entrance. Most windows are arched, except on the third floor, and feature gauged brick heads. The first floor has pilasters between the windows and carved spandrels adorned with portrait heads and naturalistic foliage. The second floor windows are corniced on carved consoles, with those in the pavilions having pediments. The fourth floor resembles the first but is lower, with a rich cornice and extensive carved decoration. There are continuous balconies on the first and second floors, both decorated with naturalistic leaf motifs. This hotel is notable for being one of the first buildings in London to utilize the French pavilion roof.