Interior view
by BARRY, Sir Charles, Photo
In 1832 Barry completed the Travellers Club in Pall Mall, the first work in the style of an Italian Renaissance palace to be built in London. In the same style and on a grander scale he built (1837-41) the Reform Club.
The Travellers Club is a private gentlemen’s club situated at 106 Pall Mall in London. It is the oldest of the surviving Pall Mall clubs and one of the most exclusive, having been established in 1819.
The architect was Sir Charles Barry who was later to be the architect for the Houses of Parliament, and the Travellers Club building proved to be one of his masterpieces. It takes the form of a Renaissance palace which is said to have been inspired by Raphael’s Palazzo Pandolfini in Florence. It was completed in 1832, with the tower (which had been in Barry’s original design) added in 1842.