The Hellenic Centre

The Centre's principal room, on the lower ground floor: 22 by 11 metres, 242 square metres, with a seven-metre ridge, exposed roof trusses and daylight from the skylights above, which black out on electric blinds. A mezzanine balcony runs across one end and is included in the hire, useful as a production position or a break-out for up to fifteen. The floor is bare timber, the walls white, and a hanging rail system runs the length of both. Layouts published by the Centre: 250 standing, 180 banquet, 160 for dinner and dancing, 190 theatre, 100 classroom. Three-phase power comes off the balcony and the trusses take rigging loads, though a noise limiter installed for Westminster sets the level for amplified music.

A licensed ground-floor bar with natural daylight, opening through bi-fold doors onto the balcony that overlooks the Great Hall below. It is not let on its own: it comes with the Great Hall as a reception or back-of-house space, or as a lunch room for clients hiring the meeting rooms. Twenty in the bar itself, 100 standing once it runs through to the balcony.

A pair of interlinking ground-floor rooms with a coffered ceiling, original parquet and tall windows, divisible by bi-fold doors or opened up as one. It holds 100 standing for a reception and is the usual welcome space before an event moves down to the Great Hall; it also works alone for a conference, a workshop or an exhibition, with the same hanging rail system on its walls. Published seated layouts are conference formats rather than dining: 80 theatre, 60 cabaret, 28 boardroom, 27 horseshoe.

A first-floor room with a coffered ceiling, glazed bookcases and large sound-proofed sash windows that open. Used for meetings, lectures and training, and as a break-out room for events in the Great Hall. The Centre publishes 50 theatre, 20 boardroom, 22 horseshoe and 18 classroom; no dining or reception figure is given. Air-conditioned, with lift access and portable AV on request.

A third-floor syndicate room under the eaves, with a dormer window that opens. Published at 12 boardroom style; no dining or reception figure is given. Reached by one flight of stairs from the second floor, with AV on request.

The Centre's own library on the second floor, walled in books, with a long table and sound-proofed windows looking over Paddington Street Gardens. Published layouts are 25 theatre and 18 boardroom; no dining or reception figure is given. Lift access.

The smallest room in the building, on the third floor: a round table for four under a dormer window, used for interviews, mediation and small meetings. Published at 4 boardroom style. Reached by one flight of stairs from the second floor.