Grade I listed John Nash building on Pall Mall, St James's, London
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.
116 Pall Mall is the home of the Institute of Directors, a Grade I listed building designed by John Nash and set behind a columned portico on Pall Mall in St James's. Inside, a marble hall leads to a Grand Staircase that rises beneath a fifteen-foot handmade Regency chandelier, and this staircase is one of the spaces licensed for civil ceremonies.
At weekends the whole building is hired exclusively, from 12pm to 12am with an extension to 1am. The Nash seats 250 for a wedding breakfast, the gold-leaf Carlton seats 180, and the Waterloo looks over Pall Mall through floor-to-ceiling windows. The old cellars now hold the vaulted Champagne Bar, used for the after-party. Searcys cater in-house, and external caterers may work on dry hire. There are no bedrooms, and hotels stand a short walk away in St James's and Mayfair. In all, up to 1,000 guests can be accommodated across the building.
116 Pall Mall
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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.
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.
The Nash seats 250 beneath chandeliers and royal portraits, and the gold-leaf Carlton seats 180 beside its grand piano. After dinner the party moves down to the vaulted Champagne Bar in the old Prince of Wales cellars, which takes 120, or 150 with the Annexe.
External caterers are welcome on dry hire, which suits families who want their own cooks and menus, and the second-floor kitchen is made available to them.
Grade I listed, on Pall Mall, home of the Institute of Directors, hired whole at weekends.
The BuildingThe Grand Staircase is licensed for civil ceremonies, beneath a fifteen-foot Regency chandelier.
The Ceremony
The Nash seats 250 and holds 350 standing; up to 1,000 fit across the whole building.
The ScaleThe original Prince of Wales vaults are now the Champagne Bar, where the night ends.
The After-Party
The largest room in the building, hung with chandeliers and royal portraits, seating 250 for a wedding breakfast, holding 350 for a standing reception and seating 350 theatre-style. Round tables or long banqueting tables, either way at full scale.
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The gold-leaf room, with a grand piano at the far end and pillars that take floral treatment down the aisle. Licensed for ceremonies, seats 180 for dinner and holds 300 for a reception.
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Floor-to-ceiling Georgian windows looking out over Pall Mall, laid for a dinner of 80 or opened up for a reception of 160. The room for a wedding that wants the street below in the frame.
EnquireThe vaulted brick cellars beneath the building, once the Prince of Wales cellars, now a champagne bar that takes the after-party. 120 for a reception, 150 with the Annexe, which dresses for dinner under the brick arches.
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The entire building at weekends, from 12pm to 12am, with an extension to 1am available.
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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. London City airport is nine miles away and Heathrow fifteen, about thirty-five minutes by car. Guests staying over have hotels of every kind within walking distance in St James's and Mayfair.
116 Pall Mall, St James's, London SW1Y 5ED, England
Piccadilly Circus (London Underground) is the nearest station, about 400 metres from the venue in a straight line.
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It stands on the north side of Pall Mall in St James's, London SW1Y 5ED, behind a columned portico. Piccadilly Circus is a five-minute walk and Charing Cross ten.
Yes. The staircase is one of several spaces licensed for civil ceremonies, with guests filling the marble hall below and the Viewing Balcony above.
Yes. The registrar is arranged through Westminster Registry Office via A Day To Remember, and the fee is paid on top of the venue hire.
The Nash seats 250 for a wedding breakfast and holds 350 standing. With every space in use the building takes up to 1,000 guests.
At weekends the whole building is yours from 12pm to 12am, with an extension to 1am available.
Searcys is the in-house caterer, but external caterers may work on dry hire with access to the second-floor kitchen and a caterer damage deposit of £1,800 including VAT. Green Leaf and Blackstone are the recommended names.
No. Guests stay in hotels in St James's and Mayfair, a short walk away, and many offer rates for wedding parties.
A 95dB limiter applies throughout and music outdoors must finish by 9:30pm. Only silk petals are allowed.
Yes, a private lawned Garden and a Terrace beside the Georgian colonnade, holding 200 together for drinks and 100 on the Terrace alone.
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