Shaw and John proposed to install a grandiose flight of entrance steps, flanked by equestrian statues in tribute to the recently dead King Edward VII. Reilly regarded the plan as an Edwardian Baroque subversion of the hall's "pure and sublime neo-classical concept".
Shaw and John proposed incorporating a grand entrance staircase featuring equestrian statues for King Edward VII. Reilly viewed this as an Edwardian Baroque deviation from the planned "pure and sublime neo-classical" layout of the hall.