House and Garden - Great stays

In its article "Great Stays - Grand Hotel Bellevue", House & Garden presents the Grand Hotel Bellevue London.

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A five-storey, listed Victorian townhouse in Norfolk Square, W2, has been reimagined as the residence of an aristocratic Englishman and his eccentric, globe-trotting wife by Paris-based interior architect Fabrizio Casiraghi (who cut his teeth working at Milan's famed Dimore Studio) in his latest project for French group Lignée Hôtels. The whimsical narrative translates to calm, muted shades and bespoke dark-wood furniture in the rooms, which take their cue from boat cabins. The smallest are for solo travellers; the largest, with high ceilings and french windows, is the Grand Norfolk Suite.

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By way of contrast, the social spaces are painted in rich, punchy hues - from the olive breakfast room with decorative shell-shaped wall lights, to the burnt orange reception, which, with its marble fireplace and mirrored cabinets, deliberately looks more like a drawing room than somewhere to check in. The perfect place to while away an evening over cocktails is the intimate Pondicherry bar, where tapestries created in collaboration with American menswear designer Emily Bode are adorned with elephants and tigers in a nod to South East Asia. As well as the rest of the hotel, this is a transportive, cocooning respite from the continuous buzz of the capital outside. From £200, B&B.

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Read the article here.