View of 93-99 Strand, (south side) and Savoy Court, City of Westminster. 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. On the left a seven-storey building with attics and a corner turret, which was built as an extension of the Savoy Hotel in 1903-04 by T. E. Collcutt. Faced with Doulton's Carrara Ware terracotta, there are ground-floor shop fronts. Number 99 is 'Clements' with two men looking in the window; number 98, 'Chinacraft', and on the corner of Savoy Court, number 96-97 is a branch of the National Westminster Bank. The block is Grade II listed, number 1236740. Savoy Court is the entrance to the Savoy Hotel and is the only road in the United Kingdom when 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. Numbers 93-95, is 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.