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16 SUMNER PLACE
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London,
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| Rates: |
380 - 545 |
| Description: |
-NUMBER SIXTEEN IS A MEMBER OF DESIGN HOTELS. NUMBER SIXTEEN
IS A STYLISH GARDEN TOWNHOUSE IN THE HEART OF SOUTH
KENSINGTON. PART OF THE FIRMDALE HOTELS GROUP OWNED BY TIM
AND KIT KEMP. TIM AND KIT HAVE TAKEN WHAT WAS ONE OF LONDONS
VERY FIRST BOUTIQUE HOTELS AND GIVEN IT A NEW LEASE OF LIFE.
NUMBER SIXTEEN FORMS PART OF A ROW OF GLEAMING WHITE STUCCO
MID VICTORIAN TOWNHOUSES. IT ORIGINALLY OPENED IN THE 1980S
AND INSTANTLY BECAME POPULAR WITH DISCERNING TRAVELERS
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE LARGER PARK LANE HOTELS.
NOW SEVERAL YEARS ON- THE HOTEL HAS A NEW FIRMDALE POINT OF
VIEW. KIT KEMP HAS COMPLETELY REDESIGNED THE HOTEL IN HER
SIGNATURE- FRESH MODERN ENGLISH STYLE. NUMBER SIXTEEN
COMPRISES 42 INDIVIDUALLY DESIGNED BEDROOMS EACH CONTAINING
ALL THE FACILITIES EXPECTED IN A FIRMDALE PROPERTY INCLUDING
DESK- PERSONAL SAFE- VOICE MAIL- MODEM POINT- WIRELESS- DVD
PLAYERS AND MINI BARS. BATHROOMS ARE BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED IN
SOLID GRANITE AND OAK. THERE ARE TWO GROUND FLOOR DRAWING
ROOMS. THE FIRST IS LIGHT AND BRIGHT AND FEATURES A QUIRKY
MIX OF MODERN ART AND FURNITURE. THE SECOND IS MORE WARM AND
COZY AND INCORPORATES A FULLY STOCKED HONESTY BAR. BUT IT IS
NUMBER SIXTEENS CONSERVATORY FEATURING AN INTERESTING MIX OF
ETHNIC ART- AND PRIVATE TREE FILLED GARDEN- THAT REALLY SETS
IT APART. THE TREE FILLED GARDEN RUNS THE LENGTH OF THE
HOTEL AND SERVES DRINKS AND LIGHT REFRESHMENTS ALL DAY. IT
IS PERFECT FOR GUESTS TO RELAX IN- DINE OR ENTERTAIN FRIENDS
OR COLLEAGUES. MANY OF THE BEDROOMS OVERLOOK THE GARDEN. THE
GARDEN ROOMS HAVE THEIR OWN PRIVATE COURTYARDS AND WITH
DIRECT ACCESS TO THE GARDEN.
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