Website:http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/uniquevenue (The Law Society)
Description:The Law Society's Hall is a neo-Classical club building designed by Louis Vulliamy in the 1820s and extended by Philip Hardwick in the 1860s and 1870s. In 1902 an Arts and Crafts mannerist extension was designed by Charles Holden. The hall has over 10 individual spaces available from traditional council chambers and reading rooms through to the more contemporary restaurant and bar. The Common Room, which is 208sqm, boasts marble pillars, 7m ceiling height, a ceramic frieze by Conrad Dressler, wood panelling and two large tiled fireplaces. The Old Book Shop is panelled in English oak. The Reading Room, which is 173sqm, has a glass barrel ceiling (height 12.5m), marble pillars, marble plaques above the fireplaces and balconies. There is a grand staircase to the Common Room and a spiral staircase leading to the Library. Throughout the building are Ionic and Doric columns.
General Notes:Doubling / Stand In: Gentlemen's Club Private Member's Club Inns of Court The Grand Staircase could double for a Charles Holden designed London Underground station. Prison double
Jurisdictions::Westminster
