Decimus Burton - Athaeneum Club

Athaeneum Club

In 1824 he was commissioned by the Athaeneum Club to build a clubhouse for them on the west side of Waterloo Place. The task was complicated by the Office of Woods and Forests' initial desire to have its facade matching that of the United Services Club opposite, on which Nash was working. This demand was eventually dropped and Burton's building was constructed in 1829–30, its exterior decorated with a full-size replica of the Panathenaic frieze. Burton later made alterations to the United Service Club.