Description

TQ 2981 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER BERNERS STREET, W1
57/16
20.6.73 The Berners Hotel

- II

Hotel. 1908-10 by John Slater (1847-1924). Surveyor to the Berners Estate. Red
brick and stone, slate roof. Heavy tall free classical design. 4 storeys, basement
and 2 tiers of dormers in mansard. Ground floor faced with channelled stone, has
large Doric portico off centre and arcaded windows with carved keystones. Red brick
upper floors have flat arched sash windows in stone architraves. Mutule cornice
above 3rd floor with balustraded parapet. The principal features of interest are the
interiors of the hall, dining room and staircase, on the ground floor elaborately
decorated in the Second Empire style and with Baroque plaster ceilings; the hall has
marble lined walls and marble chimneypiece.

Listing NGR: TQ2942981408

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Berners Hotel at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q27084761

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover