View of 57-66 Trafalgar Square, City of Westminster, looking south. Trafalgar Square was planned as part of the redevelopment of the West Strand Improvements by John Nash following the passing of the Charing Cross Act of 1826. Although it was to be another 30 years before the square was completed, it occupies the area of the former Great Mews of the Crown Stables. Charles Barry was the architect, although he opposed the decision to erect Nelson's Column on the site - he was overruled. The whole square is Grade I listed, number 1001362. 57-59 Trafalgar Square, flanking the entrance to Admiralty Arch, is Uganda House, home to The Ugandan High Commission which shares the building with The Burundi High Commission. Constructed in 1914-1915 by Sir Reginald Blomfield of Portland Stone. A curved corner building flanking the Admiralty Arch forecourt, with five storeys, a basement and an attic with a balustrade decorated by urns. The building is Grade II* listed, number 1266213. Number 60-61 is a more modern five-storey building including an attic storey, with a branch of The Bristol and West Building Society on the ground floor. Number 62-65 form a five-storey building with an attic and above the ground-floor shop front, and on the roof parapet, are signs for 'Canadian Pacific'. Faced in Portland Stone with a clocktower and bow windows to the first and second floors. Between the attic windows are bas reliefs. Constructed as the London offices of The Canadian Pacific Railway Company and its affiliated steamship line. Number 66, a three-storey building on the corner with Spring Gardens, was The Union Bank of London. The bank was founded in 1839 and merged in 1902 to form Union of London and Smith's Bank. It forms a corner block bounded by Trafalgar Square and Spring Gardens, in Italianate style. Four storeys, including attic storey, dormered pavilion roof and a basement. Three-windows wide to Trafalgar Square, one window bowed corner, and five-windows wide on each Spring Gardens side. Ornate cornices sit above the first-floor windows, and both first and second floor windows are flanked by ionic pilasters with a cast-iron balcony to the first floor. The building is now a pub and Grade II* listed, number 1217744.