Description

TQ 2880 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER PICCADILLY Wl
80/118 (north side)
22.8.83 Park Lane Hotel
(Eastern Block)
II
Hotel. Built from 1924 by Messrs. Henry Tanner. Stone clad on
extant steel frame. Listed for important interior of eastern block
of hotel. 7 storeys and double dormered mansard. 5 windows wide.
Central canopied entrance. The significant interiors are the Silver
Gallery, staircase, Ballroom and adjoining rooms of the late 1920s
fitted out in sumptuous Art Deco style. Ballroom in the basement
by Higgs and Hill with vertical panelling to walls, with reliefs
showing winged horses and youths, pink tinted and shaped mirrors,
some with "fountain" light fittings; 3 frosted glass chandeliers;
panelled ceiling with palmette-decorated cornices. Silver Gallery
with silver leaf lacquered in gold to walls and paintings by Miss
Gilbert; elaborate brass balustrade to staircase; original light
fittings.
Connoisseur, October 1981

Listing NGR: TQ2870480085

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Park Lane Hotel at Wikipedia
• Park Lane Hotel official website
• Wikidata Q7137875

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