In among the cobbled streets and Georgian buildings that surround the hotel are some of the capital's coolest pubs, bars, shops, restaurants and street markets. The hotel itself looks and feels just like a rather grand, 300-year-old town house, complete with richly furnished drawing room, library, parlour and courtyard garden. Our 29 characterful bedrooms are all furnished with genuine antiques and named after real people who lived in the area (we don't believe in numbering our guests). Our bathrooms all have period fittings, refurbished, of course, to modern standards of efficiency. Our staff, famously helpful and efficient, too, all work here because they love the place. Yet, behind all the charm, our networking and communications facilities are thoroughly up to date.