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This privately run hotel was the former home of the famous Victorian artist and poet, Edward Lear. The current management is confident that you won't find a better value hotel as close to 'Oxford Street'. The hotel comprises 31 rooms all with colour televisions, direct dial telephones and tea/coffee making facilities. The rooms are available with and without ensuite bathrooms. There is also an exquisite library holding many of Lear's original works.
-(S)-STANDARD CLASS HOTEL
PROPERTY TYPE - BED & BREAKFAST, INN/CHALET AAA 2 DIAMONDS, MICHELIN 2 STARS A VERY CENTRAL LONDON LOCATION, PERFECT FOR VISITORS. ALMOST ON OXFORD STREET, LONDONS MAIN SHOPPING STREET, AND WITH HYDE PARK JUST A 5-MINUTE WALK AWAY. WITHIN EASY WALKING DISTANCE OF THE WEST END THEATRES AND SIGHTS. THE HOTEL IS A FORMER TOWN-HOUSE TYPICAL OF THOSE ONCE OCCUPIED BY LONDONS WEALTHY ELITE AND IS THE FORMER HOME OF THE FAMOUS VICTORIAN ARTIST EDWARD LEAR WHO ONCE TAUGHT QUEEN VICTORIA. HES NOW MOST FAMOUS, HOWEVER, FOR WRITING -NONSENSE VERSE- AND HIS BEST KNOWN POEM IS -THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT-.
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