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.[1]

History

The building was erected as a garage[2] in 1925–1926 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. 1 2 "The Beaumont". The Beaumont. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 Owen Hatherley, Antony Gormley's Mayfair metamorphosis, The Guardian, 11 June 2014
  3. 1 2 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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