Beaumont Hotel, London

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.

The hotel's entrance in Balderton Street

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.[1]

History

The building was erected as a garage,[2] in 1925-6, by the architects Wimperis and Simpson on behalf of Macy's Ltd.[1][3]

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".[3]

The building was Grade II listed by Historic England in 2009.[3]

Antony Gormley's hotel room

In 2014, Antony Gormley designed a room as a public sculpture.[2][4]

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

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