Brooks's

Brooks's is an exclusive club in neoclassical style on Saint James's Street in London, featuring a Great Subscription Room with tall windows and stucco ceilings as well as a separate Card Room. The building displays typical elements of Palladian architecture with a symmetrical façade in yellow brick and a stone entrance portal.

A group of political supporters founded the club in 1764 in a different building before it moved in 1778 to a newly constructed house at this location. Over the decades, the place developed into a meeting point for a political current that later established itself as a central force in the British Parliament.

The name recalls William Brooks, an 18th-century wine merchant who commissioned the building and whose initials remain visible in various details. The rooms follow a code of conduct from the Georgian era, where conversation and discretion count among the unwritten rules of daily interaction.

The building sits on the west side of Saint James's Street among several other historic clubhouses and is only accessible to members. The entrance is located on the ground floor behind a recessed portal, while the main rooms are arranged on the upper floors.

The library holds leather betting books from the 18th century in which members recorded unusual predictions about events such as balloon flights and political outcomes. Some of these bets remained unresolved for decades and later became a source for social historians.

Location: City of Westminster

GPS coordinates: 51.50667,-0.13972

Latest update: December 17, 2025 08:46