THIS PAGE 151-room boutique hotel opened in spring 2021. OPPOSITE Sophisticated decor and a Saatchi Art-curated collection – including Adrian Landon's gold-plated mechanical horse.
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE DAXTON HOTEL Sublime luxury, discerning service and an exquisite art collection; this boutique hotel on Old Woodward Avenue offers it all
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IF THERE’S ANY PROOF NEEDED OF the upward curve of the area around M1 Concourse, it’s the Daxton Hotel on Old Woodward Avenue, Birmingham – a popular area lined with eclectic and historic businesses. This 151-room boutique hotel was opened in spring 2021 by local entrepreneur Mark Mitchell, who wanted to create something that reflected the cosmopolitan and energetic nature of the Birmingham community. The project started at around the same time that his son Daxton was born – hence its name. From the start, Mark wanted to fill the hotel
with original works of art. The resultant 400-piece collection was curated by Saatchi Art, and means the lobby doubles as an impressive gallery. Large abstract paintings by Australian artist Stephen Rowe and a goldplated mechanical horse by Adrian Landon dominate the lobby and provide an immediate talking point – especially the horse. Mark playfully claims that he had originally been looking for a stuffed unicorn for the lobby but, “having searched long and hard”, he admitted defeat and instead chose the horse, which springs into motion at the touch of a
