Conservative Club

From 1845 until 1959, the club occupied a building at 74 St James's Street where the Thatched House Tavern had previously stood.

[1] The clubhouse was designed by George Basevi and Sydney Smirke with a Palladian facade.

[1] The Reception Salon and gallery contains murals by Frederick Sang painted during the early 1850s in the Italianate style, modelled on Roman and Pompeian works.

Mark Ashton, later a gay activist and General Secretary of the Young Communist League from 1985 to 1986, worked as a barmaid in drag at the club.

[3] The Thatched House Tavern, a famed coffee house, occupied the site prior to the present building, hosting inaugural meetings of the Royal Yacht Squadron, United Service Club and Carlton Club.