It was established in 1950 at the upmarket Breach Candy area in South Mumbai, and designed by an English architect Claude Batley.
Among his works are the Bombay Gymkhana (1917); Wankaner Palace (1933) now Lincoln House, the American Consulate, Breach Candy; Bombay Central Station (1930); South Court or popularly now known as Jinnah House, (1935); Round Building (1937), Cusrow Baug in Colaba Causeway (1937–59) and its Agiary, known as The Seth Nusserwanji Hirji Karani Agiary (1938), Bombay Club (1939) later Hotel Nataraj and now Inter-Continental Mumbai, Lalbhai House (1942) and Breach Candy Hospital (1950).
The house was designed by Claude Batley, a British architect, and was built in 1936 at a total cost of Rs. 200,000/-.
Claude Monet | Claude Debussy | Claude Lorrain | Claude François | Jean-Claude Van Damme | Claude Lévi-Strauss | Claude Royet-Journoud | Claude Chabrol | Jean-Claude Carrière | Claude Vivier | Claude Shannon | Claude Berri | Jean-Claude Colin | Claude Rains | Batley | Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne | Christo and Jeanne-Claude | Jean-Claude Gérard | Claude Lelouch | Claude Jade | Claude Garamond | Claude Bolling | Claude Auchinleck | Jean-Claude Duvalier | Claude Thornhill | Claude Simon | Claude Nicollier | Claude Mollet | Claude Lecouteux | Claude Joseph Vernet |
Designed by architect Claude Batley in the European-style architecture, the sea facing palatial bungalow was constructed using exquisite Italian marble and walnut woodwork.
Bombay Gymkhana, premier Gymkhana established in 1875 located in Mumbai and was originally built as a British-only club, designed by English architect, Claude Batley and used as a venue for multiple sports, including cricket and football