Artist Residence London, nearly twice the price, has ten rooms, original art and a cocktail cellar in the old pub basement, for couples on a second London trip; The Pilgrm, near Paddington station, has small rooms and salvaged design, for solo travellers with a Heathrow flight.
The insider oneTen rooms above a neighbourhood restaurant and an old pub cellar, in a Pimlico townhouse that is still independent.
££From about £350 a night
Choose Artist Residence London if
The catch
No lift, and the bedrooms are spread over three floors above the ground floor.
The smart moneyTwo minutes from Paddington, in Victorian townhouses, with the front desk replaced by a café and the savings put into the rooms.
£From about £184 a night
Choose The Pilgrm if
The catch
No air conditioning anywhere, only fans, which tells in a heatwave.
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Artist Residence LondonThe Pilgrm
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The verdict
Artist Residence London, nearly twice the price, has ten rooms, original art and a cocktail cellar in the old pub basement, for couples on a second London trip; The Pilgrm, near Paddington station, has small rooms and salvaged design, for solo travellers with a Heathrow flight.
Questions people ask
Artist Residence London, nearly twice the price, has ten rooms, original art and a cocktail cellar in the old pub basement, for couples on a second London trip; The Pilgrm, near Paddington station, has small rooms and salvaged design, for solo travellers with a Heathrow flight.
Ten rooms, a bar in the old pub cellar and a quiet Pimlico street outside, at London townhouse money. It works if the house itself is what you came for. A ten-room house that spends everything on character and the ground floor and nothing on facilities. The rate is mid-range for central London and high for what you physically get.
There is no pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
The design budget went into the building here, and the savings came off the rate. Book a Comfy, ask for the back of the house, and accept that the room is for sleeping. Design-led and deliberately stripped back: the money went into the building, the beds and the salvage, and came off the rate and off the facilities. A city base rather than somewhere to spend the day, in a Victorian house that could not be anywhere but London.
There is no pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.