Dorchester Hotel
DORCHESTER HOTEL, PARK LANE W1
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1225963
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jan-1981
- List Entry Name:
- Dorchester Hotel
- Statutory Address:
- DORCHESTER HOTEL, PARK LANE W1
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2004-04-03
- Reference:
- IOE01/11421/32
- Rights:
- © Mr Adam Watson. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1225963
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jan-1981
- List Entry Name:
- Dorchester Hotel
- Statutory Address 1:
- DORCHESTER HOTEL, PARK LANE W1
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- DORCHESTER HOTEL, PARK LANE W1
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- City of Westminster (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 28314 80330
Details
TQ 2880 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER PARK LANE, Wl 79/33 (east side) 16.1.81 Dorchester Hotel II "Grand" hotel. 1930, the structural frame by Sir Owen Williams but the elevations by Curtis Green. Monumental hotel building faced in "art" stone. Modernistic rather than International Modern with small scale restrained use of "jazzy" decorative motifs derived from the 1925 Paris Exhibition. Principally of 10 storeys with stepped back terraced attics. Concave entrance facade to south of 5 bays and long Park Lane return with recessed range above ground floor and 3 bay end blocks. Concave angles to corners with 6-storey bronze and glass oriels; "bronze" finished casements. The "jazzy" waved or zigzag patterns are used for the shallow between-storey and parapet friezes. The entrance facade has continuous balconies across 3rd and 7th floors. Apart from some original motifs in the entrance hall and reception the interiors have been redecorated in the late C.20. An innovatory feature of the structural design is the use of seaweed sound insulation in the floors and partitions.
Listing NGR: TQ2831480330
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 423006
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 13-Jun-2026 at 14:50:05.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.