1 Derby Gate was originally the Whitehall Club, a gentleman’s club house, built in the manner of a Venetian palace, with a Grade II* listed facade.
1 Derby Gate was originally the Whitehall Club, a gentleman’s club house, built in the manner of a Venetian palace. The Grade II* listed facades and all their exquisite carvings were designed by Charles Parnell and executed by James Tolmie. The House of Commons and the adjacent former 45 and 46 Parliament Street run a satellite library service from the building and house a number of reading rooms. The style of architecture is florid Italian; the front, in Parliament-street, is decorated with a row of Ionic pillars in the lower compartment, and a row of Corinthian in the upper, which is surmounted by a highly-ornamental cornice, with small oval windows in the frieze, and a high and steep slated roof above. The sculptures of the principal doorway in the Derby-street front are from the architect’s own designs, representing two boys with baskets of flowers, and with a rich profusion of other devices; all this work has been executed by Mr. Tolmie.
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Location: Westminster, London, UK
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