116 Pall Mall

St James's, United Kingdom

Grade I listed John Nash building on Pall Mall, St James's, London

No. 441 · Autumn 2026

The Grade I listed John Nash portico on Pall Mall, the IoD standard flying, 116 Pall Mall

Welcome

A Nash house on Pall Mall

116 Pall Mall is a Grade I listed building by John Nash in St James's, hired exclusively at weekends, with a Grand Staircase licensed for civil ceremonies and room for up to 1,000 guests across the whole house.

The building is the home of the Institute of Directors, designed by John Nash and listed Grade I. Behind its columned portico lie a marble hall, tall Georgian windows and gold leaf, and a fifteen-foot handmade Regency chandelier hangs over the staircase.

A wedding breakfast in the Carlton, blush linen and gold chiavari chairs, 116 Pall Mall

The setting

Married on the staircase

The Grand Staircase climbs in a single sweep past gilt-framed marine paintings to a statue in a niche. Couples marry on it, with guests gathered in the hall and along the balcony, and the Carlton, the Waterloo and the Nash are also licensed.

Where: St James's, London
Capacity: Up to 1,000 across the building; 250 seated in the Nash
Stay: No bedrooms; hotels a short walk away
Ceremony: Civil, on the Grand Staircase or in any licensed room

The Carlton with a single long top table and the grand piano, 116 Pall Mall

The celebration

How the day is held

4 spaces for the day. Up to 250 guests.

The Grand Staircase and marble entrance hall from the front doors, 116 Pall Mall

The Building

A Nash Building

Grade I listed, on Pall Mall, home of the Institute of Directors, hired whole at weekends.

The Nash dressed for a wedding breakfast, round tables beneath chandeliers and royal portraits, 116 Pall Mall

The Ceremony

Vows On The Stairs

The Grand Staircase is licensed for civil ceremonies, beneath a fifteen-foot Regency chandelier.

The Waterloo laid for dinner, floor-to-ceiling Georgian windows over Pall Mall, 116 Pall Mall

The Scale

250 At Dinner

The Nash seats 250 and holds 350 standing; up to 1,000 fit across the whole building.

A Searcys plated fillet of beef, 116 Pall Mall

Where to stay

Rest, close at hand

Rooms

The Nash

The banqueting room

Seats 250 For Dinner · Chandeliers & Portraits

A wedding ceremony in the gold-leaf Carlton, 116 Pall Mall

Rooms

The Carlton

Gold leaf and a grand piano

Licensed For Ceremonies · Grand Piano

The Carlton set for a ceremony, floral pillars lining the aisle to the grand piano, 116 Pall Mall

Rooms

The Waterloo

Georgian windows over Pall Mall

Floor-To-Ceiling Windows · Over Pall Mall

The Champagne Bar counter under the original Prince of Wales cellar vaults, 116 Pall Mall

Location

Getting there

116 Pall Mall stands on the north side of Pall Mall in St James's, behind a columned Nash portico, a few hundred metres from St James's Palace and Trafalgar Square. Piccadilly Circus is a five-minute walk, Charing Cross ten.

Airport: London City
Airport: Heathrow, about 35 minutes by car
Station: London St Pancras International (Eurostar)
Nearby: Piccadilly Circus, 5 minutes on foot
Nearby: Charing Cross, 10 minutes on foot