Aberconway House, no. 38, South Street,

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, in the

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, was constructed between 1920 and 1922 for the industrialist

Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway Henry Duncan McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway, (16 April 1879 – 23 May 1953) was a British politician, horticulturalist and industrialist. He was the son of Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway and Laura Pochin. Education Born in Richmond up ...

, in a neo-Georgian style. Aberconway House is an imposing mansion of , with an adjoining guest house with ancillary accommodation of . Both properties have a southerly aspect over and access into one of Mayfair's Secret Gardens. The official architects were Edmund Wimperis and his partner W. B. Simpson. However, 38 South Street was in fact almost entirely designed by the young

John Murray Easton John Murray Easton (30 January 1889 – 19 August 1975) was a Scottish architect and the winner of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects. Early life Easton was born in Edinburgh on 30 Januar ...

who was later responsible for the

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's New Hall of 1926–1928. In 2007, the developer and estate agent Portman Heritage listed the house for sale at £46 million.

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Houses completed in 1922 Grade II listed houses in the City of Westminster Buildings and structures in Mayfair {{London-struct-stub