79 Mount Street

79 Mount Street is a Grade II listed house in Mount Street, Mayfair, London W1.

The house was built in 1892–1894 by Eustace Balfour and Hugh Thackeray Turner of Balfour and Turner, in "Free Style Queen Anne", or in an Arts and Crafts style.[1] It was Grade II listed in 1987.[1]

In the 1930s, it was home to John Powys, 5th Baron Lilford.[2]

In 2008, it was refurbished by the Meller family, who used the upper floors as a home and the basement to second floors as offices, with a swimming pool built in the basement.[2][3] In May 2015, British businessman David Meller sold the 10,000  sq  ft six-storey house to the Qatari royal family for £40 million, as part of a growing "Qatari quarter" centred on Dudley House in nearby Park Lane.[2]

References
  1. England, Historic. "79, MOUNT STREET W1, City of Westminster – 1223622 – Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. "Qataris buy £40m six storey Mayfair mansion". standard.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. "79 Mount Street, London, W1 – Elliott Wood – Structural and Civil Engineers". elliottwood.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.

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