Address: 28-30 seymour st, Marble arch , London W1H 7JA, United kingdom Show on map
Slightly battered and bruised, but oddly charming, the Edward Lear is one of the best examples of a traditional British B&B in central London. Only four rooms are en suite here but all the rooms have sinks.Once home to Edward Lear, Victorian painter and writer of the much-loved 'The Owl and The Pussycat', this Georgian townhouse now offers an assortment of rooms that are slowly being updated. You get the feeling that in the process of turning this family home into a hotel, it was carved up in a somewhat higgeldy-piggeldy fashion, but the unusual shapes, sizes and features of the rooms simply add to its charm. Quirky features include old bookcases that double as wardrobes and a built-in wardrobe that is actually a shower cubicle. It's a bit odd, but the sunny yellow rooms are decent sizes and extremely clean, for the most part.
Once home to Edward Lear, Victorian painter and writer of the much-loved 'The Owl and The Pussycat', this Georgian townhouse now offers an assortment of rooms that are slowly being updated. You get the feeling that in the process of turning this family home into a hotel, it was carved up in a somewhat higgeldy-piggeldy fashion, but the unusual shapes, sizes and features of the rooms simply add to its charm. Quirky features include old bookcases that double as wardrobes and a built-in wardrobe that is actually a shower cubicle. It's a bit odd, but the sunny yellow rooms are decent sizes and extremely clean, for the most part.
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The retail delights of Oxford Street beckon. If you're able to resist that, head north towards Baker Street and visit the Sherlock Holmes Museum, situated at the site of the fictional detective's address (221B, for the non-Sherlockians among you). Also up this way is Madame Tussauds, where you can see, touch and even dance with all manner of plastic fantastic figures from history, past and present.
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