.... Each end is
rebated above the mezzanine, to
accommodate the figure of a fat boy with
a goose designed by Lutyens and carved
by Sir William Reid Dick.
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Following its life as a
bank, the building sat unoccupied for a
number of years until in 2012 Nick Jones.
the founder of Soho House & Co,
discovered it. This led to Jones
collaborating with Andrew Zobler, of New
York's Sydell Group, in a project to
transform Lutyens' Grade I Listed building
into the 5* Ned Hotel with 252 rooms,
ranging in size from the imtimate to large
scale suites, nine restaurants and a
member's club. As the hotel's
website explains,
"... Jones and
Zobler were immediately inspired by Sir
Edwin 'Ned' Lutyens' masterpiece at 27
Poultry – all 29,450 square metres of
it. 'It was the most beautiful building
I'd ever seen,' says Jones. Zobler adds:
'The architecture is outstanding and so
well preserved. You can't help but fall
in love with it.'" The
name is a nod to the architect Edwin "Ned"
Lutyens. The links below provide you
with views of the restored building's
interior.