Its rooms have period features such as wood panelling, high ceilings and large French windows.

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Inside, a long, countertop meets dark wood panelling, and the handful of tables are lined with paper placemats promoting Florida.

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Wood panelling, thick carpets, and pastoral landscapes in heavy frames offer a serene contrast to the hubbub below.

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Boasting original Victorian features, with marble fittings, dark wood panelling and ceiling fans, it gives visitors a "feeling you're back in 1928", says Joan Hewitt.

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The illusion is only broken when you see behind the wood panelling the iron support structure, embossed with the initials of the London Passenger Transport Board, from whom parts of Tube tunnel were borrowed to build the complex.

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In a city made of stone, from pyramids to flyovers, it prefers wood for its panelling and partitions, a darkly stained bar, a scratched trolley, a desk piled high with books.

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