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Stanhope House is a
Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...
building at 46 and 47
Park Lane Park Lane is a dual carriageway road in the City of Westminster in Central London. It is part of the London Inner Ring Road and runs from Hyde Park Corner in the south to Marble Arch in the north. It separates Hyde Park, London, Hyde Park to ...
in the
Mayfair Mayfair is an area of Westminster, London, England, in the City of Westminster. It is in Central London and part of the West End. It is between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane and one of the most expensive districts ...
area of
London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...
, England. It was built in 1899–1901 to a design by
W. H. Romaine-Walker William Henry Romaine-Walker (27 January 1854 – 10 May 1940) was an English architect and interior decorator. Life Romaine-Walker was born in Bury, Lancashire, the son of Rev. John Walker and Caroline Spencer Walker.''1911 England Census'Man ...
and Francis Besant. The building was commissioned by the soap manufacturer Robert William Hudson. It was Grade II listed in 1958. In 1969–1970, after a fire, the interior was renovated. The building is now commercial offices. In 1999, it was purchased, refurbished and let out as offices by HAB Group, a privately owned property development and investment company in the
Turks and Caicos Islands The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; and ) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and no ...
. Stanhope House and Dudley House are the only two left of the original ten mansions that lined Park Lane in 1900.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stanhope House Grade II listed houses in the City of Westminster Houses completed in 1901 Gothic Revival architecture in London