1200933_END PAPERS.indd 1-2 18/06/2012 12:18 The area between Millbank and the Houses of Parliament in Westminster is an important cultural and political destination, book-ended by Tate Britain and Westminster Abbey. It is also a thriving local neighbourhood, with all the shopping, leisure and entertainment amenities essential for exclusive central London living. 01 Content Superior Service 04 - 09 Art & Museums 10 - 13 Theatres 14 - 17 Fashion & Tailoring 18 - 23 Bars & Restaurants 24 - 27 Hotels 28 - 31 Places of Interest 32 - 35 Art & Antiques 36 - 39 Home Furnishing 40 - 43 Education 44 - 47 Local Amenities 48 - 53 Location Map 54 - 55 Trafalgar Square looking towards Houses of Parliament 03 Superior Service As a service at this exclusive new address, a 24-hour concierge will maintain security and oversee residents’ and visitors’ every need including secure car parking* facilities, business suite and on-site gymnasium, pool and sauna facilities. *Car parking spaces by separate negotiation. Image is indicative of lifestyle only 05 Concierge The opulently furnished, light filled lobby of Abell House creates a luxurious and glamorous yet welcoming space in which to greet waiting guests. The stylish design of the lobby continues through to the apartments. A dedicated 24-hour concierge service will attend to residents and their visitors. Computer generated image is indicative only 07 Leisure & Business Facilities A luxury leisure facility is available to all residents of Abell and Cleland. Approaching via a grand staircase from the Abell House entrance lobby and welcomed at the reception, residents can take advantage of the leisure suite comprising a full featured gymnasium, pool, sauna and changing facilities. Residents will also be able to conveniently undertake international business by using a fully equipped business suite at their disposal day and night, situated in Cleland House. Images are indicative of lifestyle only Computer generated images are indicative only 09 Art & Museums There are many London museums to choose from, including the British Museum, the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum. Whether you love Old Masters or modern art, contemporary sculpture or Impressionist paintings, London has an art gallery to suit. National Gallery 11 Art & Museums 1 Tate Britain 5 The Hayward Gallery 9 National Portrait Gallery Millbank Southbank Centre St Martin’s Place SW1P 4RG Belvedere Road WC2H 0HE +44 (0) 20 7887 8888 SE1 8XX +44 (0) 20 7306 0055 www.tate.org.uk +44 (0) 20 7960 4200 www.npg.org.uk From romantic Pre-Raphaelite www.southbankcentre.co.uk/ The National Portrait Gallery paintings to landscapes by Turner venues/hayward-gallery is home to the world’s largest and Francis Bacon’s distorted nudes, The Hayward Gallery opened on collection of portraits, spanning Tate Britain is home to one of the 9 July 1968. Its massing and extensive from the Tudor period to the present largest collections of British art use of exposed concrete construction day. The collection includes in the world. are typical of Brutalist architecture. Shakespeare, Kings and Queens The Hayward hosts major temporary and contemporary personalities, 2 British Museum modern or contemporary exhibitions. also a photographic collection. British Museum Great Russell Street 6 London Film Museum 10 Royal Academy of Arts WC1B 3DG Riverside Building Burlington House +44 (0) 20 7323 8000 County Hall W1J 0BD www.britishmuseum.org SE1 7PB +44 (0) 20 7300 8000 Founded in 1753, the British Museum’s +44 (0) 20 7202 7040 www.royalacademy.org.uk remarkable collection spans over www.londonfilmmuseum.com Founded in 1768, the Royal Academy two million years of human history. The London Film Museum is the only of Arts is one of London’s major art Visitors enjoy a unique comparison film museum of its kind in Great galleries and home to an regularly of the treasures of world cultures Britain, supporting the film industry changing programme of exhibitions. under one roof, centred around the and the talent within it. Highlights include Queen Victoria’s magnificent Great Court. paintbox and the only Michelangelo 7 London Transport Museum sculpture in the country. 3 Churchill War Rooms 39 Wellington Street Clive Steps Covent Garden 11 Saatchi Gallery King Charles Street WC2E 7BB Duke of York’s HQ SW1A 2AQ +44 (0) 20 7565 7292 King’s Road +44 (0) 20 7930 6961 www.ltmuseum.co.uk SW3 4RY cwr.iwm.org.uk Lively exhibitions explore the powerful +44 (0) 20 7730 8135 Deep beneath the bustle of London link between transport and the growth www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk lie the original Cabinet War Rooms - of modern London, its culture and An innovative forum for contemporary today part of the Churchill War society since 1800; full of light, colour art, presenting work by largely unseen Rooms - which sheltered the people and movement, the Museum explores young artists or by established at the heart of Britain’s wartime how transport has given the City its international artists. government during the Blitz. unique cultural identity. 12 Sir John Soane’s Museum 4 Florence Nightingale Museum 8 National Gallery 13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields 2 Lambeth Palace Road Trafalgar Square WC2A 3BP SE1 7EW WC2N 5DN +44 (0) 20 7405 2107 +44 (0) 20 7620 0374 +44 (0) 20 7747 2885 www.soane.org www.florence-nightingale.co.uk www.nationalgallery.org.uk Former residence of Sir John Soane, Florence Nightingale is recognised The National Gallery is a vast space, architect of the Bank of England. as the founder of modern nursing. filled with Western European paintings Over 20,000 architectural drawings, Telling the story of the “lady with the from the 13th to 19th centuries. In this antiquities and works by Turner, lamp” from her Victorian childhood famous art gallery you can find works Canaletto and Piranesi. Two sets of to her experiences in the Crimean, by masters such as Van Gogh, da paintings by William Hogarth and through to her years as an ardent Vinci, Botticelli, Constable, Renoir, the Egyptian Sarcophagus of Seti I. campaigner for health reform. Titian and Stubbs. British Museum, Tate Britain, National Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts. 13 Theatres London offers some of the world’s best theatre, musicals and opera, many within walking distance from Abell & Cleland. Whether independent fringe theatre or high profile productions, there is always something new to see. Image is indicative of lifestyle only 15 Theatres 1 Adelphi Theatre 6 Garrick Theatre 10 The Playhouse Theatre 409 – 412 Strand Charing Cross Road Northumberland Ave WC2R 0NS WC2H 0HH WC2N 5DE +44 (0) 20 7492 9930 +44 (0) 844 482 9673 +44 (0) 20 7492 9930 www.adelphitheatrelondon.com www.nimaxtheatres.com www.playhousetheatrelondon.com The Adelphi Theatre was originally The Garrick Theatre is a West End The Playhouse Theatre is located in founded in 1806 as the Sans Pareil theatre, located on Charing Cross the heart of London, near the famous by merchant John Scott and his Road, in the City of Westminster. Trafalgar Square with its towering daughter Jane. Many of Charles The theatre is named after David bronze lions guarding Nelson’s Dickens’ stories were adapted Garrick, considered the most Column and an array of London hotels. for the stage here including influential Shakespearean actor. Nicholas Nickleby. 11 Royal Opera House 7 Gielgud Theatre Covent Garden 2 Aldwych Theatre 35 Shaftesbury Avenue WC2E 9DD Aldwych W1D 6AR +44 (0) 20 7641 6000 WC2B 4DF +44 (0) 844 482 5130 www.roh.org.uk +44 (0) 20 7836 5537 www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk The Royal Opera, under the direction www.aldwychtheatre.com The Gielgud Theatre is a West End of Antonio Pappano, is one of the The Aldwych Theatre is a West End theatre, located on Shaftesbury world’s leading opera companies. theatre, located on Aldwych in the Avenue in the City of Westminster, Based in the iconic Covent Garden City of Westminster. The theatre London, at the corner of Rupert theatre, it is renowned for its was listed Grade II on 20 July 1971 Street. The house currently has outstanding performances of and has a seating capacity of 889 seats on three levels. traditional opera. 1,200 on three levels. 8 London Colisseum / 12 Theatre Royal Haymarket 3 Cambridge Theatre English National Opera Haymarket SW1Y 4HT 32 – 34 Earlham Street 33 – 35 St Martin’s Lane +44 (0) 0845 481 1870 WC2H 9HU WC2N 4ES www.trh.co.uk +44 (0) 844 412 4652 +44 (0) 20 7845 9300 www.cambridgetheatrelondon.org www.eno.org Historically and architecturally one of the most significant theatres in The Cambridge Theatre is a The ENO stages more new Britain, the last four years have West End theatre, on the corner productions and contemporary seen considerable change for the of Earlham Street facing Seven opera than any other UK opera Theatre Royal Haymarket, with Dials built in 1929-30. company. They have a world the continued expansion of the class reputation for distinctive Masterclass Programme. 4 Criterion Theatre and highly theatrical English language performances. 2 Jermyn Street 13 Wyndham’s Theatre SW1Y 4XA +44 (0) 844 847 1778 9 Noel Coward Theatre Charing Cross Road WC2H 0DA www.criterion-theatre.co.uk St Martins Lane +44 (0) 844 482 5120 WC2N 4AU The Criterion Theatre is a West End www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk theatre situated on Piccadilly Circus +44 (0) 844 482 5140 in the City of Westminster, and is www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk Located on Charing Cross Road, in the City of Westminster, it was a Grade II listed building. The Noël Coward Theatre, formerly designed by W.G.R. Sprague known as the Albery Theatre, is about 1898, the architect of six a West End theatre on St.