View of Savoy Court and 93-95 Strand, City of Westminster (south side). A major thoroughfare, the Strand runs east to west from Trafalgar Square to Temple Bar. Named from the Old English 'strond', meaning the edge of a river, as before modern embankments and land reclamation it ran alongside the north bank of the River Thames. Savoy Court is the entrance to the Savoy Hotel, and is the only road in the United Kingdom where cars drive on the right side of the road, as it facilitates taxis dropping off customers at the hotel entrance. The hotel was built between 1886-89 by T. E. Collcutt with A. H. Mackmurdo as interior consultant for Richard D'Oyly Carte. D'Oyly Carte planned his hotel on the latest American model, and exceptionally for its time, bathrooms were provided as well as hydraulic lifts and electric light throughout. It was the brilliant management of Cesar Ritz combined with the talents of the great chef Escoffier that ensured the Savoy's success. The building is Grade II listed, number 1236709. Across Savoy Court is 93-95 Strand, a six-storey building with two tiers of attics and a corner turret, an extension of the Savoy Hotel complex built in 1903-04 by T. E. Collcutt. The shops on the ground floor include the original shop front of the Savoy Taylors' Guild from 1906, with window advertisements for 'Annual Sale'. The block numbered 89-95 Strand is Grade II listed, number 1264458. A sign on the wall points to the Savoy Theatre, entrance on Savoy Court, built in 1881 by C. J. Phipps for Richard D'Oyly Carte. It is Grade II* listed, number 1236724.