St James' Court - Cabin Lift with Bespoke Finishes for London Hotel

St James' Court is a Taj Hotel found on Buckingham Gate in London. The hotel is in a prime location minutes walk away from Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament. The wider site is made up of 8 redbrick Victorian townhouses which fall under St James' Court, A Taj Hotel and Taj 51 Buckingham Gate Suites. The townhouses were originally designed and built by architect Major Pawley in 1897 and the names of each individual townhouse are still used by the hotel with the hotel comprising of Almoners, Dukes, Regents, Queens and Priors and the suites comprising of Kings, Minsters and Falconers townhouses.

Pawley designed the hotel with a unique inner courtyard which the townhouses back onto creating a calm oasis away from the hustle and bustle of London. The hotel has played host to severals events for the Royal Family and noted foreign dignitaries as well as other celebrities. In 1982 the Indian Hotels Company Ltd acquired St James' Court and was formally restored in 2014 to St James' Court, a Taj Hotel.

In 2025 an extensive refurbishment of the banqueting, lobby and the Taj The Chambers area started. The works were carried out to improve the offering of the large banquet and ballrooms for celebrations and large scale events. Access Lifts were engaged by the main contractor LEAN Projects to work on the design of the lift in the Summer of 2025 in partnership with interior designer Conran & Partners. The overall specification was for a 1500x1500 cabin lift with bespoke car, door and landing finishes. The lift travels 4.1 metres across 3 steps with an adjacent entry arrangement.

The landing doors, car doors, COP, landing entrances and landing reveals are in champagne satin stainless steel. The car features a high quality white ash effect wrap to match the timber veneer cladding in the lobby area. The wall adjacent to the COP features a bronze tinted mirror and champagne handrail. The car floor has limestone tiles and the ceiling is in champagne satin stainless steel with 8 LED downlighters. The landing entrances all feature a 25mm picture frame design in champagne satin stainless steel with cast bronze sweep landing indicators. The landing entrances are then completed by champagne satin stainless steel landing call buttons set into the wall.