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ISSUE 6 I SUM 2016 COVER: MEWS OF MAYFAIR LITERARY AND FILM CREDITS: MAYFAIR FACT: Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of CONTENTS HIDDEN HISTORY - CURZON STREET Dorian Grey (Lord Henry Wotton lives on Curzon Street), Lady Curzon Street is one of Mayfair’s demolished in 1937 the name Windermere’s Fan (the notorious most well known addresses and remains and the site was Mrs. Erlynne lives at 84A Curzon also home to Pastor Real Estate: redeveloped as an apartment Street), and in An Ideal Husband a street rich with history and block. To the east of Chesterfield (Lord Goring lives on Curzon sited in many well known books House was Wharncliffe House, Street). and films, it started life simply as rebuilt in 1750, renamed for the In the Sherlock Holmes story Mayfair Row. Countess of Wharncliffe in the Shoscombe Old Palace, Dr 19th Century and now part of the Watson mentions Curzon Street Most of the Mayfair area was built Saudi Arabian Embassy. as the location of the money during the mid 17th century to lender Sam Brewer. mid 18th century as a fashionable On the south side of the Street Roald Dahl’s character Henry residential district by a number of until 1894 stood Curzon Chapel, Sugar lives on Curzon Street. landlords, the most important of formerly Mayfair Chapel first William Makepeace Thackeray’s them being the Grosvenor family, erected in 1730. Near to it was the Vanity Fair (Rawdon and Rebecca followed by the Rothschilds and smaller Keith’s Chapel, which prior Crawley live in a very small house the Crown Estate. In 1874 the to the introduction of the Marriage in Curzon Street). Grosvenor family became the Act 1753 was the location of Saki’s Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger (the Dukes of Westminster. various clandestine marriages, wealthy Mrs. Packletide has a including those of the Duke of house on Curzon Street). The street is believed to be Chandos and Mrs Anne Jeffrey in P.G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and named after George Augustus 1744 and of Lord George Bentinck Wooster (Curzon Street is the Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe (c. and Mary Davies in 1753. Many of location of the Junior Ganymede HIDDEN LONDON 1725 – 6 July 1758) however, it the surrounding streets take their Club). Escaping the city: cool, calm and contemplation Agatha Christie’s The Mystery of 04 was not until after his death that names from early residents and the title of Earl Howe was held by developers. the Blue Train (Ruth and Derek someone with the last name Kettering live on Curzon Street) is a registered trademark Curzon. Famous inhabitants of Curzon Katherine Mansfields’ short story © Pastor Real Estate Limited 2016 and Street have included the art A Cup of Tea (Curzon Street is may not be used without express 06 06 07 Curzon Street has been home to collector Edward Solly (at no. 7, also mentioned). permission. Perspectives is published various notable members of the 1821–44), Benjamin Disraeli until three times a year: Spring, Summer and peerage, a number of which his death in 1881, Lord Macartney While some of Curzon Street is Autumn/Winter by Pastor Real Estate. were responsible for building until his death in 1806, today occupied by commercial All content is the copyright of Pastor great houses, a few of which Member of Parliament George companies, much remains Real Estate Limited, unless subject to the rights of a third party, and use remain today. In 1748, a house Selwyn in 1776, Prince Pierre residential. without express written permission was built in Curzon Street for the Soltykoff and Earl Percy. More from the publisher is forbidden. 4th Earl of Chesterfield, called contemporary residents have DIARY DATES FOR THE MARKET AT MONACO Chesterfield House, adjacent to included American songwriter The views and opinions expressed in SUMMER 2016 A GLANCE LANDMARK which were smaller dwellings that Harry Nilsson (apartment 12) at 9 Perspectives are not necessarily those Summer events and dates The Mayfair and broader Skyline icon – luxury living in served as the London residences Curzon Street, Cass Elliot of The of Pastor Real Estate and Pastor Real Estate accepts no liability for loss or for your diary: food, art UK property market: latest Monaco’s landmark for a number of members of the Mamas and Papas, and Keith and cinema. facts and figures providing Residences Le Simona. damages however arising as a result of English aristocracy including Moon of The Who. The Security a ‘snapshot’ of the current action taken or not taken in reliance Lord Hothfield, the Duke of Service (or MI5 as it is now known) state of play. upon information published. Grafton, Lord Leconfield, Lady also had offices there during Blessington, Alfred de Rothschild, World War II and during the Material sent to the title or Editor is Lord Blythswood and the Earl of 1970’s at 1-4 Curzon Street. deemed to be supplied for publication. Inchcape. While the house was For all editorial enquiries please contact Lawrie Cornish on +44 20 7935 4084. 08 12 15 Pastor Real Estate 48 Curzon Street LONDON W1J 7UL PROPERTIES PROPERTIES THE PASTOR United Kingdom FOR SALE TO LET REAL ESTATE TEAM T +44 (0) 20 3195 9595 A selection of the latest A selection of the latest At your service: The Team F +44 (0) 20 3195 9596 Sales instructions Lettings instructions at Pastor Real Estate – currently available through currently available through Sales, Lettings, Property E [email protected] Pastor Real Estate. More are Pastor Real Estate. More are Management & Architecture www.pastor-realestate.com available on our website. available on our website. here to assist you. 02 I ISSUE 6 PERSPECTIVES PERSPECTIVES ISSUE 6 I 03 If your open-air tastes tend toward With tea bars set to become the next more loftier spaces then Aqua Spirit, a big thing Postcard Teas in Mayfair’s roof top cocktail bar, with views across Dering Street (just off New Bond Mayfair is the place to be. Part of the Street) is one of the best, specializing Hong Kong based Aqua group, who in teas from small farms of less than are behind Hutong at The Shard, the fifteen acres in India, China and Japan. entrance to the bar is on Argyle Street, Their shop provides a small but tranquil offering cool cocktails and cool breezes. space in which to buy or drink tea and www.aquaspirit.co.uk read a book while quietly sipping: www.postcardteas.com. If your preference for tea veers towards the more traditional afternoon variety, then Mews of Mayfair in the shade of Lancashire Court provides an elegant and exclusive setting. The interior features extravagant chandeliers and large leather sofas, but in the summer the outdoor seating in the cobbled courtyard provides the perfect escape. www.mewsofmayfair.com HIDDEN LONDON As summer approaches the sunshine is most welcome: the warmer weather But for cool breezes with a twist why Alternatively be inspired with cool coffee at © The Royal Parks bringing out café and restaurant tables on to pavements across London. The not try Selfridges. A surprising location RIBA on Marylebone’s Portland Place. The opportunity to take a coffee, dine al fresco or stay out late on terraces creates for a Forest On The Roof, but the latest RIBA Café is located in the Royal Institute of a real ‘summer city’ and with it an ever increasing throng of people. London is roof top restaurant at one of London’s British Architects’ and is also home to Bistro a very crowded city and in the heat of the summer can feel even more so, but favorite department stores is just that. 66. The magnificent building provides cool there are hidden places to escape, at any hour of the day or night. Each month celebrates a particular surroundings in an almost cathedral like seasonal fruit or vegetable. A world away space: visit the bookshop or check a current Immediately to the west of Mayfair are the Immediately south of Hyde Park are The from the hustle and bustle of the street exhibition. www.ribavenues.com wide-open spaces of Hyde Park, a little Roof Gardens, in Kensington High Street: Just south of Mayfair, in a quiet corner below it is the perfect place for watching to the south the more intimate parks of having started life as the roof gardens of of St James is The American Bar at The the sun go down. For cool contemplation visit St John’s St James’ and Green and Mayfair’s own Derry & Tom’s Department Store, which Stafford Hotel; quite different to The Lodge Gardens, in The Regent’s Park. This gardens at Mount Street. But if these still opened in 1933. The roof gardens were American Bar in Monaco’s Hotel de If calm and cool is what you seek then small garden to the north of the inner circle seem too large, there are smaller spaces added in 1938 and designed by Ralph Paris, but also an institution in its own escape to The Wallace Collection. was designed for meditation for the 3rd to escape to, as Mayfair does benefit from Hancock, complete with Flamingos. Derry Housed in a grand old London town Marquess of Bute, so it’s hardly surprising right where every available wall and ST JOHN’S LODGE GARDENS, THE REGENT’S PARK three of London’s oldest Georgian squares: & Toms closed in 1971, but the gardens surface is crammed with an intriguing house in Marylebone: throughout that it is both serene and beautiful. St Hanover, Berkeley and Grosvenor. These (four different styles) remain unchanged collection of artefacts.
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