Mayfair House at 14 and 15 Carlos Place in the central London district of

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was built in 1920-21 by the Holloway Brothers to the designs of Edmund Wimperis and Simpson in a neo-Georgian style. The house had carvings by Gilbert Seale and Sons.Mount Street and Carlos Place: Mount Street: North Side', Survey of London: volume 40: The Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 2 (The Buildings) (1980), pp. 321-326. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42158 Date accessed: 17 July 2010. In the 21st century No. 14 was redesigned by Derek Williams.Byrne Group website, under 'Projects'-Carlos Placeand no. 15 by Eric ParryTimothy Taylor Art Gallery, London, e-architect, Adrian Welch, October 25, 2007 and

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.The Row opens its first ever London store: here's why you should care, Teo van den Broeke, GQ Magazine, 9 October 2019 Mayfair House is a landmark corner building of 37,776 sq ft (3509.5 m2).Mayfair House website, www.mayfairhouselondon.com The property has a southerly and easterly aspect over Carlos Place, Mount Street and the

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fountain 'Silence'. It is situated beside the

Connaught Hotel The Connaught is a five-star luxury hotel located on the corner of Carlos Place and Mount Street in Mayfair, London.Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, ''London 2010'', Frommer's, New York City: John Wiley & Sons, 2011, p. 14/ref> The hotel is owne ...

situated at No. 16. Luxury fashion brand The Row has its flagship

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store situated on the ground and lower ground floor of Mayfair House at 15 Carlos Place.High-end and low-key: Olsen twins open The Row store in London, Nick Remsen, Financial Times Newspaper, Sep 27 2019 The first floor upwards house large luxury lateral rental apartments at 14 Carlos Place.The best build-to-let properties for billionaires, Zoe Dare Hall, Daily Telegraph, 28 June 2017Behind the Schemes: Designing Super prime 'smart homes' for the Mayfair rental market, PrimeResi publication, June 21st, 2019

History

Mayfair House was built between 1920-21. In 1931 the

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sold the freehold of Mayfair House to Westminster Bank Limited for £11,000. The house is a rare freehold property outside the ownership of the

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. In 2007 Eric Parry architects worked on 15 Carlos Place for Timothy Taylor and

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for their new Timothy Taylor Art Gallery. Between 2016 and 2017, Mayfair House at 14 Carlos Place underwent a large redevelopment and refurbishment. The building was extended at the rear and an extra floor and roof garden were added. Byrne Brothers (who had also worked on the renovation of the Connaught Hotel in 2007) carried out the building works which were designed by Derek Williams architect. The interiors were refurbished and fitted by Derek Williams and Finchatton. The scheme was the recipient of five CEDIA awards in 2018. In 2019

architects refurbished and redesigned 15 Carlos Place for Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's fashion label The Row.

References

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