RSA House

Originally riverfront warehouses, the Vaults occupy the building's lower level: four interconnecting rooms of exposed 18th-century brickwork, reached by a private entrance directly off the Strand. The rooms have their own reception, cloakroom and bathrooms, and a banqueting kitchen installed in the 2018 redevelopment. Previous clients include Yves Saint Laurent, Molton Brown and Penguin Books.

RSA House's flagship space: a domed glass ceiling floods natural light onto six James Barry paintings, The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture, twenty-three years in the making. A permanent stage and full built-in AV make it equally suited to conferences, dinners, award ceremonies and wedding receptions. The room is fully air-conditioned.

A ground-floor room named for Benjamin Franklin's association with the Society, with a Troika chandelier and two original Adam fireplaces. Large windows look onto the Strand, and the room sits directly beneath the Great Room, making it a natural pairing for pre- and post-reception drinks. Winston Churchill received the Albert Medal here in 1946.

Built into the last surviving stretch of the 18th-century cobbled roadway that once ran beneath the House down to the Thames, this tiered auditorium seats up to seventy on fixed seating. Exposed brickwork, a permanent stage and a built-in screen and PA system suit screenings, panel discussions and presentations. The room is wheelchair accessible.

A first-floor room named for the Duke of Edinburgh's decades as RSA President, with an Adam ceiling of painted roundels and large windows. It connects directly to the Queen Elizabeth II Room next door for larger events, and its built-in screens and cameras suit hybrid meetings as readily as a private dinner.

A ground-floor room with a polished wooden floor and a plain Adam ceiling, overlooking John Adam Street. Dressed simply with uplighters and a dance floor, the Tavern turns easily from a daytime meeting room into an evening party space. Charles Dickens, an RSA vice president, is said to have used the room as a setting in The Pickwick Papers.

Once the main drawing room of number 2 John Adam Street, this first-floor room carries a Georgian ceiling and large windows, with adjoining doors to the Prince Philip and Shipley rooms for break-out use. It suits meetings, small dinners and conferences alike.

Named for the Society's first president, Viscount Folkestone, this bright first-floor boardroom is flooded with daylight and works as a breakout space alongside the Prince Philip, Shipley and Queen Elizabeth II rooms.

A contrast to the rest of the House: a colourful, interactive space built for creative and project work, with ergonomic sit-stand furniture, whiteboard walls and a large smart screen. Suited to workshops, away days and photo or interview shoots.

An intimate first-floor room furnished for casual meetings, interviews or as a green room for speakers using the adjoining Great Room. A connecting door leads through to the Shipley Room.

Named for the RSA's founder William Shipley, this first-floor room has a fixed round boardroom table beneath an Adam ceiling, with a chimneypiece and doorcases salvaged from Bowood House. A connecting door to the Great Room makes it a natural green room or breakout space.

The smallest room in the House, conveniently opposite the Tavern Room, suited to small meetings, interviews or as an organiser's office when the House is hired in its entirety.