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Mid-Victorian townhouse charm is in full bloom in the heart of lively South Kensington.
As with all Kit Kemp-designed hotels, world-class art abounds. Discover works by artist Jack Milroy, the late great Mimi de Biarritz, and more.
Number Sixteen is renowned for its own tree-filled private garden, a stylish Drawing Room and sunny Orangery.
Location
An abundance of shops, parks, restaurants, and theaters give the area its character. Discover upscale boutiques, galleries, antique dealers, and designer furnishing retailers, as well as the French consulate and the French institute. The South Kensington tube station is around the corner from the hotel.
The Originals
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Transportation Options
LHR - London Heathrow Airport (25KM)
LCY - London City Airport (18.8KM)
St Pancras International (8.5KM)
Hotel Features
Gastronomic excellence
Private garden oasis
Central South Kensington location
Artistic heritage
Basic Information
Check-in: 3:00 pm
Check-out: 12:00 pm
Family Friendly
General
Free wifi
24 hour reception
Concierge desk
Family friendly
Laundry service
24 hour security
Elevators
Doctor on callService comes at an extra charge
Bell staff/porter
Early/late check-in availableService comes at an extra charge
Shoe shine services
Room
Air conditioning
Room service available
Daily housekeeping
Wake up service
Newspapers availableService comes at an extra charge
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Meeting Rooms
Meeting rooms
Conference rooms
Catering
Video conferencing system
Features
Room service available
Breakfast buffet
Interior design Kit Kemp
Bold patterns and bursts of color contrast rich wooden furnishings, while exquisite pieces of contemporary art adorn the walls. Pretty details, such as colorful glass beads on cushions and shell buttons stitched onto curtains, give the rooms a feminine quality. Prints and trademark flourishes that include oversized headboards mean that things never feel too dainty.
Architecture This is no private residence
With balustrades and column-supported porticoes perfectly in concert with its surroundings, only the house number suggests that the white-stucco Victorian terrace is a hotel and not an upscale private residence. And it’s all situated just steps from London’s major museums and Harrods.
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Art & Culture A living gallery
The Library at Number Sixteen features a striking mixed-media piece by Scottish artist Jack Milroy, depicting various forms of sea life perched on the pages of books. Here, too, you will find work by the late great Mimi de Biarritz, known for her humorous, intricate pieces using cut outs, mixed media printing, papier-mâché, and beyond. In the Drawing Room, meanwhile, you will discover a bespoke, multicolored moth painting by the renowned Australian artist Allyson Reynolds.
The Orangery and garden Light and bright
Decorated in Kit Kemp's individual style, featuring personally selected works of art and a myriad of playful colors and patterns, The Orangery and the garden are perfect for a bite to eat, a glass of wine, or afternoon tea.
If you’ve ever wanted to play with bold colors in your interiors and didn’t know how, here is a masterclass by the queen of mixing prints and patterns, Kit Kemp on Spring Greens.
Wherever we have outdoor spaces in our projects we make them into a celebration. A room with a view can be relaxing for the eye; a room with French windows flung wide open into a garden is perfection.
This year is an exciting year for art. Look no further than our collection of the most exceptional, can’t-miss exhibitions in Europe.
From Picasso’s late works to Vaginal Davis’s activism and Ayoung Kim’s futuristic visions, these shows will inspire and provoke.
Whimsical, eclectic, and always hard to pin down, Kit Kemp has much in common with the hotel interiors she’s spent a career fashioning into stand-alone pieces of individual expression. Like her, they are anything but static.