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Hotel in Mayfair, London

The hotel's entrance in Balderton Street

The Beaumont Hotel is a Grade II listed luxury hotel in Mayfair, London, United Kingdom. One of its rooms was designed by Antony Gormley as a public sculpture.

Location

Beaumont Hotel seen from Brown Hart Gardens, in 2015

The hotel is located at 8 Balderton Street, Mayfair, near Brown Hart Gardens. It has 73 rooms, including 23 studios and suites, and opened in September 2014.

History

The building was erected as a garage in 1925–1926 by the architects Wimperis and Simpson on behalf of Macy's Ltd.

Historic England note that "the façade is remarkably ambitious for a car park of this date", as well as "its importance in the evolution of the multi-storey car park as a distinctive C20 building type".

The building was Grade II listed by Historic England in 2009.

Antony Gormley's hotel room

In 2014, Antony Gormley designed a room as a public sculpture.

References

  1. ^ "The Beaumont". The Beaumont. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  2. ^ Owen Hatherley, Antony Gormley's Mayfair metamorphosis, The Guardian, 11 June 2014
  3. ^ "8, Balderton Street". Historic England. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  4. Jonathan Jones, Antony Gormley's £2,500 Room without a view – review, The Guardian, 10 June 2014

External links

Hotels in London
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