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"Royal Automobile Club\nLondon's Pall Mall Institution Is Restored to Its Former Glory\nLondon's Royal Automobile Club hired interior designer Robert Carter, of Felbrigg Design Company, to renovate its Great Gallery restaurant and its terrace spaces. The 1911 Neoclassical building faces Pall Mall.\nIn the rotunda is a 1900 Simms, a car built by Frederick Simms, one of the club's founders.\nDespite its monumental interior architecture and ornate decoration, the smoking room is reserved for informal activities such as enjoying tea and light meals and playing cards or backgammon.\nThe Great Gallery restaurant. Carter's updates include the hand-blocked wood floor, the design of which was inspired by Pavlovsk Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. At the dining room's far end is the Minstrels Gallery, an elevated private area for 12 featuring a series of murals by Catherine Lovegrove.\nAn original feature of the historic structure, the pool 26 meters long and has a deck done in Sicilian white marble. The Doric columns are inlaid with multicolored mosaic patterns. \"It combines Greek sophistication with Roman-inspired splendor,\" Carter says.\nThe oldest vehicle in the club's Heritage Collection is a 1930 Austin Seven Tourer, nicknamed Chummy.\nThe club's 1959 BMW Isetta, a distinctive three-wheel, two-seater car.\nThe library holds an extensive collection of volumes on automobilia, motoring and motor sports. It also houses the club's archives, which date back to 1897."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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