The Wig and Pen Club, London

If buildings could talk, few would have more tales to tell than 229-230 The Strand, which until last November was the home of legendary journalists' and lawyers' hangout The Wig and Pen Club.

 

The London landmark was built on Roman ruins in about 1624 and is said to be the only structure in the Strand to have survived the Great Fire of London in 1666.

 

Located opposite the Royal Courts of Justice, the Grade II-listed, timber-framed property has a 36-cover restaurant and kitchen area in the basement and a 32-cover restaurant with separate bar area on the ground floor. The first floor houses the main bar area - formerly the London Press Club members' bar - and there are function rooms on the second and third floors, office space on the fourth, and a roof terrace on the fifth.

 

Rental offers are invited at a guide of £85,000 a year. The property comes with a 20-year full repairing and insuring lease.

 

For more information, contact the London office of chartered surveyor Fleurets on 020 7636 8992 (Ref: R-39359).