Gentlemen were particularly well catered for: There is every inducement to let the hours slip by, as the spacious lounges or the cosiest of chairs invite one to rest, and when exercise is needed the billiard room, 36 x 40, with three of Alcock's best tables, is not far off. The first floor had two sitting rooms, a family dining room, a ladies’ dining room and a very grand drawing room., with gold and green velvet-covered seats, chandeliers and many mirrors. The two lower stories were public, with an ultra-large dining room on the ground floor. All fixtures were of the best quality, with the name of the hotel on all linen, and toilet ware was ‘of cream tint edged with gold’. On the top two floors were bedrooms, with communal bathrooms on each floor.
There was a lift, of course, in the centre of the building, the landing space flanked by staircases and lit by stained glass windows.
