The Milestone Hotel is a five-star hotel at 1 Kensington Court,
Kensington,
London
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, United Kingdom. It overlooks
Kensington Gardens.
It was originally built as a house in 1884, in part of the grounds of the now-demolished
Kensington House.
John Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale lived there. It was converted into a hotel in 1922 and combined with 2 Kensington Court, which had been home to John Athelstone Riley, grandson of the founder of the Union Bank.
The hotel has 44 guest bedrooms, 12 suites, and six long-stay apartments. It is part of the
Red Carnation Hotels Group.
It is a member of
The Leading Hotels of the World
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History
The company was establ ...
marketing organisation.
The two former terraced houses that make up the hotel are each
listed Grade II on the
National Heritage List for England
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.
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Hotels in London
Kensington
The Leading Hotels of the World
Residential buildings completed in 1884
Hotels established in 1922
Grade II listed houses in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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