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’Tis the season of indulgence, so what better way to sate the senses than our chocoholic’s guide to Christmas; flick to page seven for mouth-watering creations a-plenty. Elsewhere two gentlemen at the top of their respective fields give interviews to Henry Hopwood-Phillips on pages 12 and 17. The first, Jonathan Sumption, is not only a superlative historian but also a Justice of the Supreme Court. The second, Lord Green, previously headed up HSBC for years. If you’re in need of a getaway, Elizabeth Finney heads to Burnham Beeches Hotel on page 22 and culture-vultures should read Evy Cauldwell-French’s analysis of the John Hoyland art exhibition at Pace London on page 14. Finally, don’t forget to vote in our exciting Belgravia Awards at bestof@residentsjournal.co.uk. Your choices will be totted up in January’s issue. Please do not hesitate to get in contact with all your news and updates by emailing belgravia@residentsjournal.co.uk. Alternatively, tweet us @thebelgravian. We hope you enjoy the issue.

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The Notebook

It’s December and that can only mean one thing: Christmas in Belgravia

We wish you a merry Christmas The Belgravia Residents’ Journal brings you the lowdown on festive shopping in the area

Charity starts at home

Calling London is a charity that donates winter coats to the most vulnerable Londoners in winter. Make somebody’s Christmas by donating a coat or giving your time.

Let there be light

Concert by candlelight

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Tickets are available on mydonate.bt.com/ events/kidsforkidschristmas2015/242722 Adult tickets are priced at £25, child tickets are £15 (minimum donation)

Shop without the drop

Elizabeth Street will be transformed St Peter’s in Eaton Square is opening its into a winter wonderland on 6 doors on 3 December (6.30pm) to host a December (11am-5pm). Brimming Christmas concert in aid of The Cadogan with boutique stalls selling Tate Kids For Kids, a charity that helps seasonal treats, this year will the children of Darfur. Celebrity Turn to see the introduction of a patrons, including BAFTA award page 24 for taxi grotto photo booth. winner David Suchet, actor Richard Motcomb Street’s The London black cab will Wilson and ITN’s Julie Etchingham, Christmas be dressed up with reindeer will be attending the concert at one celebrations ears and there will be of London’s most beautiful churches. photo opportunities with Eamonn Holmes’ Celebrity Choir, the Santa inside. angelic voices of the choir of Queen’s Gate School and The Thames Fanfare Brass will be performing during the evening.

The big screen

For the first time ever, Eccleston Place Courtyard will host a series of Christmas films presented by The Nomad. The Grosvenor Film Festival (10-13 December) will screen classics including Elf, Love Actually and It’s a Wonderful Life. The space will feature outdoor heaters, blankets, seating, braziers and Christmas music, not to mention all the Christmas food and drink that will be on offer too. grosvenorlondon.com 004

A Pimlico party

Pimlico Road, London’s design district, will be celebrating Christmas with a festive event on 5 December. It’ll be an extension of the farmers’ market, with Christmas stalls, live entertainment and music.

If Christmas shopping has got you all in a tizzy, Milda Chellingsworth – founder of Styling for You – has launched an Elizabeth Street shopping concierge service. Christmas packages start at £150. stylingforyou.co

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The Belgravia Residents’ Journal calls on everybody with chocolate issues to indulge them at the only time of the year where nobody judges you

Chocolate frenemy

“Chocolate is not your friend.” “Chocolate destroys lives.” “Chocolate is never the answer.” Your friends may say things like this to you, but trust us; they’re scoffing all the chocolate they can get their greasy mitts on when you’re not looking. So get ahead of your so-called “friends” by purchasing all the brown stuff you can handle at Rococo Chocolates on Motcomb Street.

Justify yourself

If you hate unadulterated pleasure and want to crowbar some sort of semi-healthy justification into scoffing sweet stuff, look no further. Harrods is offering stuffed dates by luxury confectioner Delice. Using 100 per cent natural ingredients – its Christmas flavours include pomegranate, cherry, cranberry and cinnamon.

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Melt your brain

Chocolate is the only food that melts at body temperature apparently, hence the name ‘Melt’. Founded in 2006, it has swiftly ousted competitors to assume a place in the cocoabased premier league. Our favourite this year is a giant Christmas pudding made of chocolate – oh, and the sea-salted caramel bonbons – which have been emblazoned with a silver star to make them feel more Christmassy.

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Our inaugural Best of Belgravia celebrates the businesses, brands and residents in the area who are committed to upholding its excellence After collating your nominations, it is with great pleasure that we invite you, our readers, to have your say and vote for the winners in the Best of Belgravia. After counting your nominations, we have compiled the shortlist below in 15 categories whereby you, the reader, can suggest

who you think should win in each category; from the best restaurant to favourite local pub â&#x20AC;&#x201C; thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stiff competition. To vote, simply email bestof@residentsjournal.co.uk. The closing date is 11 December, and the winners will be announced in our January issue. All the best!

CATEGORIES & THE NOMINEES Best Neighbourhood Restaurant

Contributor to the Area Best Community Member

Peggy Porschen

Motcombs The Alfred Tennyson

Fr Alan Gyle

Leo de Vroomen

Pont Street

Nainesh Shah

Sue Liberman

Tom Assheton

Best Hotel

Favourite Coffee

Belgraves Thompson

Tomtom Coffee House

The Goring

Daylesford

Jumeirah Carlton Tower

Rococo

Favourite Public Space

Best Resident Best Designer

Mozart Square

Anton Mosimann Rachel Vosper

Philip Treacy

St Paul’s Church

Andrew Coney

Louise Kennedy

Belgrave Square

Elizabeth Gage

Best Concierge Service

Best Afternoon Tea

Chinoiserie

Mr Sykes

at Jumeirah Carlton Tower

Ben Malpass

Head concierge at Belgraves

Belgraves Thompson

Quintessentially

The Halkin

Best Speciality Food & Beverage

Best Specialist Store Favourite Local Pub

Les Senteurs

Pierre Hermé William Curley

The Grenadier

Rococo

Nag’s Head

Perfume

Grosvenor Stationery Company Stationery

Jeeves of Belgravia

The Alfred Tennyson

Dry cleaning

Best Hairdresser

Best Breakfast

Daniel Galvin Junior

No.11 Pimlico Road

Errol Douglas

Daylesford

Neville

Tomtom Coffee House

Please put forward your votes by emailing:

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Good luck!

Postcode lottery

SW1X 8HQ Pont St – Chesham Place Most people know Pont St, the shoe-level restaurant on the corner of the street it’s named after. Chef Sophie Michell boasts a gilded CV, with stints at Le Gavroche, a period as Claudia Schiffer’s private chef and, here, a head-chef position after barely turning 30. It’s not the sort of history you pick up without doing something right. What few know, despite still being Bond season, is that Sophie is also the great-granddaughter of the original “M”, Admiral John Godfrey – the man who it is believed coined the phrase “shaken, not stirred” – or that guests at the hotel above have been throwing wobblies over the fact that Sophie’s burgers are not categorised as bar snacks to be had at any hours. They’re that good. Looks-wise the restaurant’s an intimate 70-seater with a hint of brasserie about it. There’s an emphasis on seafood, it possesses a great cellar of old-world wines (though the mark-up is a tad steep) and Sophie is proud of making almost everything in-house. One thing definitely made outside the house is the piles of moon-rubble: huge lumps of Parmesan that come secreting truffle oil. These are incredible. The coconut

curry that follows is perfectly proportioned too with the hake, mussels and squid refusing to deteriorate in the face of a perfectly spiced assault. All in all, it’s an accomplished performance. 20 Chesham Place, SW1X 8HQ, pontst.com

DRINKING & DINING

From medical services to school places, people make a fuss about their postcodes. Henry Hopwood-Phillips sees whether the same logic applies to restaurants...

W2 2AR The Magazine – kensington gardens It used to be a mark of distinction to know your Handel from your Purcell or your Bruegel from your Seurat. Now, however, it’s all about knowing your gribiche from your tuiles. Or is it? As the capital’s top-class of restaurants soars into the stratosphere, it leaves museums and galleries in an awkward position. Dry cake and granulated coffee simply don’t cut the mustard any more – but is there demand for an haute option? Zaha Hadid’s £14.5m white superstructure – pinned to the side of the Serpentine’s Sackler Gallery – is one attempt at an answer. Albeit one that already looks outdated. It resembles one of those white-goods styled so contemporaneously that it loses everything when time moves on – one of its fundamental characteristics. Perhaps the ephemerality is a statement. Most likely not. A young German, Emmanuel Eger, commands the open-plan kitchen. He’s ex-The Grill at The Dorchester, a Frankfurter by birth and the best sort of tinkerbell on a plate: scattering seeds over here; crunch and splodge over there. Yet the components remain simple and effective; it’s never too fussy or prissy. The starter, a lava-coloured octopus, boasting charred

bombs of smoky-paprika on the outside and a soft flesh retaining its natural flavour on the inside, is a highlight. As is the dessert, a deconstructed cheesecake three ways – the best of which is grapefruit smashing its way through the vanilla ice-cream’s front door and holding my tongue hostage. Serpentine Sackler Gallery, West Carriage Drive, Kensington Gardens, W2 2AR, magazine-restaurant.co.uk

SW1X 8JT Amaya – Halkin Arcade Amaya is an institution in Belgravia. A very well-hidden one. Having opened in 2004, it gained a Michelin star two years later, and has big names like Gwyneth Paltrow regularly paying visits from her north London pad – both before and after her ‘conscious uncoupling’. So what separates this place from your average, forgettable Indian? It’s flooded with natural light; the tables are the right distance from one another; the décor is tasteful, but perhaps most importantly, it aims at a more ‘intelligent’ style of Indian food. Focusing on grilling and kebabs, it has a tandoor (clay oven), a sigri (charcoal grill) and tawa (griddle). This all amounts to tapas Indian-style from the guys who own London’s oldest Indian, Veeraswamy. Marination is key to most of the dishes: the black pepper chicken is tender, perfectly seasoned and wellbalanced. And the menu doesn’t stick to meat either. There are veggie and seafood options. But whereas the jumbo prawn is suffused with chilli herbs and lime notes, to say the broccoli florets (drowning in yoghurt as white as it is tasteless) are underpowered is an understatement. The service is also quite haphazard. I hate burdening any waiter or waitress and so meals always go smoothly.

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My partner, however, has to repeat several things thrice to the point of comedy on several occasions. Halkin Arcade, Motcomb Street, SW1X 8JT, amaya.biz

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Belgravian The great compromise

Henry Hopwood-Phillips talks to Lord Green about Europe, its identity and its future

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tephen Green, also known as Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint, looks like a vicar. His fixed gaze, peppered temples and epicene mannerisms would be well-framed by a cassock. Which is perhaps all very well given Lord Green is in holy orders. But that’s his least known hat. Green cut his teeth in banking – exiting the game after five years as HSBC’s chairman – before applying his skills to a world of red boxes as Minister of State in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, as well as for Trade and Investment between 2011-2013. I suspect, however, it is Green’s belief in God rather than the remainder of his impressive CV that underpins the book he’s just released. In 1954 church-going Philip Larkin famously wrote: “and what remains when disbelief has gone? …each week A purpose more obscure.” Green dares to tackle the stickiest of subjects: whether Europe has an identity and, if so, how it should manifest itself. I’m not sure Europeans are insecure about having an identity per se; they just don’t emotionally connect to its most obvious symbol, the EU, because of its opacity, its democratic deficit and a scheme of enlargement that shows little historical sensitivity. “It is clear the EU is in bad need of reform,” Green says, “you don’t have to be a eurosceptic to believe that.” But he also believes talk of leaving poses an “existential threat” to Britain. His explanation as to why revolves around the nature of the two other main players, Germany and France. He reckons the former is primarily a cultural identity with secondary layers of political allegiances that the EU nicely ices like a cake, while the latter boasts a strong statist tradition. Britain, on the other hand, is considered “fragile”. “A vote to leave the EU would be a vote to break up the UK,” Green believes. He conjures up the last time Britain was amputated: the departure of Ireland after World War One. Too many people in Britain are talking as if the EU question is a big, clever, commercial venture. It’s not. These are people working out who they are.” Identity politics get a bad reputation. At the lowest rungs it feels like bribery to achieve the acquiescence of minorities and at the other end of the scale, substanceless platitudes – with the middle stuck sandwiched by its hypocrisies. But Green is adamant that we have to ask the big questions. “We might be able to get away for decades,

even generations, without asking them (because our forebears have settled the account for us) but eventually a day of reckoning comes,” he warns. What an extraordinary century though. Each power that mounts the stage supports a strange mutation of a European ideology. Old formulas and truisms regarding the relationship between liberality and power stand shattered. Is it a world we risk being left behind in? I wonder whether Europe should change or stand fast. “I don’t think the EU should ‘mutate’ – though I don’t want to paint too static a picture either,” he protests. “This is a journey, we’re still learning.” It appears we must re-learn everything from the lowest levels up too. Green makes a fascinating point about the latest data, showing that culture is becoming a much less important factor in forming identities. Sport and other less historically conditioned activities seem to be replacing it. “Perhaps the processes at work in globalisation reduce an interest in the past,” he notes. I expect him to diplomatically leave it there, but he adds, “If so, that’s dangerous,” and outlines how a culture of instant gratification corrodes deeper forms of understanding. The new ticklist of “European” values (compassion, rights, democracy etc.) runs the risk of seeming universal and superficial though. There’s a sense of losing identity’s roots in the particular, in the irrational, here. Isn’t this really just an attempt to sell the EU as the midwife to a world citizenry? “I’m all for the EU playing that role,” Green admits. “We live on a small, fragile planet and need to accelerate the consciousness that recognises this.” He does not believe that identities need cancel one another out, drawing a chain, he explains: “A world citizen’s identity should not be negated by his Europeaness, his Europeaness should not be annulled by his Germaness, and his Germaness should not be invalidated by his Bavarian roots.” Perhaps Green is really a paragon of a very particular English genius, or at least one we’ve self-identified with since the 17th century: the great compromise. To resurrect identity as a real issue (from a cage of utilitarianism) while simultaneously defanging it is Green’s great party trick. Much like the Anglican Church, to his followers he will be seen as the conductor of an inspired compromise, to his detractors, the orchestrator of fudge.

Identity politics get a bad reputation

The European Identity: Historical and Cultural Realities We Cannot Deny (Haus Publishing), Stephen Green, £7.99

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ART

Generation

Game

Evy Cauldwell-French believes one of Britain’s abstract painters is in the middle of a major rehabilitation

ay what you like about the YBAs; it’s a sure-fire indication of Damien Hirst’s continued relevance within the London art world when the opening of his new art gallery can revitalise interest in a near-forgotten artist, John Hoyland. Upon the brilliant white walls of the Newport Street Gallery, colour-stained canvases once more vie for the eye’s attention. Back in the 1970s, Hoyland was considered to be England’s champion abstract painter, having started his exhibiting career away from his nascent Sheffield in London’s Marlborough Art Gallery, in 1960. Despite there being little precedence of his abstract style in the English painterly tradition, Hoyland sparked the interest of genius curators like Bryan Robertson, the forerunner of Nicholas Serota at the Whitechapel Gallery, in British abstract art. Yet while his career in the late 20th century was hitting an upward trajectory, postmodernism soon became all the rage. Ironically, it was the careers of artists like Hirst that led the magpies of British art-collecting to fixate upon diamond-encrusted skulls in place of resolutely understated pure abstraction. Despite this, Hoyland is hot again, and Pace Gallery’s recent acquisition of his estate is set to reposition the artist where he belongs – at the forefront of the British art market. A new show at Pace London, 6 Burlington Gardens, which opened on 20 November and will run until 16 January, delves into the past: the situation surrounding Hoyland just after his first exhibition debut, and his subsequent starring role in the New Generation exhibition, curated by Robertson in 1964.

Hoyland/Noland/Caro at Pace London cuts across transatlantic boundaries with an international matrix of artistic connections to present a collection of works from three key Modernist artists. Hoyland’s concerns with colour, form, material and serialised production were shared at a deeper level with his American counterparts, such as Kenneth Noland, and his British compatriot, Anthony Caro. These shared passions and the deep friendship that ran concomitant to these artistic sentiments are brilliantly woven into the fold by the curator. Uniting these three artists was their shared conviction that pure colour and form alone could entrance the eye. Simple composition liberated these artists from draughtsmanship; large swathes of pure, uninterrupted colour could reign supreme. As the exhibition brilliantly sets out, the joy that each artist individually felt in abstract expression was multiplied thrice when they finally met – and the results are played out in vivid canvases of unadulterated acrylic and freestanding steel.

Still sublime, they will continue to question our optical perception When Caro visited the USA in 1959, he was irrevocably influenced by the work of Colour Field painters such as Noland. Indeed, during a visit to Noland, the two artists reportedly collaborated on some stainless steel pieces in Noland’s garage, with Noland applying colour to the surface while Caro watched. Later, when Hoyland travelled to Vermont in 1964 he met with both artists, and this encounter led him to radically reassess his practice. Reacting against his earlier abstract experiments in London, he began to relax his use of structured line in order to explore colour more freely, liberally and emotively. It may have been 50 years since this meeting, but the colours stained into their work have not faded. Still radiant, still sublime, they will continue to question our optical perception and our emotional reception of colour in the most immediate, arresting way. Pace London has splashed some much needed colour onto the streets this winter. pacegallery.com

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beautiful mind Henry Hopwood-Phillips talks to the Justice of the Supreme Court, Jonathan Sumption, about his life and the fourth volume of his history on the Hundred Years War

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HHP: Any hard-won lessons in life? JS: No, it’s been terribly cushy. HHP: OK – any moderately difficult hurdles surmounted? JS: I suppose because I was in academia for long enough before law, for people to assume my pupillage was just me having a lark, I was written off as a dilettante. HHP: You’ve been compared to Gibbon in reviews I’ve read. JS: As much as I love Gibbon, if anybody wrote like him today they would be dismissed as a pompous fart. HHP: Are you a bit more of a Runciman? JS: He was a stylist to his core but he was also a Whig; I’m not a Whig. He could also be terribly condescending. I remember being at a talk he was giving on how the Byzantines influenced the Renaissance. An American piped up at the end and asked how the Byzantines must have felt as a superior species when handling the Italians – “rather, I might imagine, how I might feel if I were in America,” Runciman replied. That said, he was a phenomenal linguist. HHP: You’re not too shabby yourself on that front, are you? JS: I can think in French, and can read and write most European languages, though Magyar escapes me. I rarely learned them using guides, instead I preferred to muddle on through a text with a dictionary by my side. HHP: What’s the correct balance to be struck between action and reflection? JS: My passions are bookish – but I will say this: to write history you must possess a certain amount of empathy for people who had to ride in full suits of armour, but you don’t need to wear one. HHP: Why did England feel able to take on France, a country many times richer, with three times its population? JS: Because France was weak at the time. It began to collapse as Charles VI sank into madness. It was a country far more reliant on its monarchy than its neighbours, mainly due to the fact that it was a very complex polity with several legal systems and languages. The scale of it is unimaginable, perhaps its closest comparison is 1940. The English certainly weren’t fools. If the Dauphin had died and/or Henry V hadn’t, an English victory would have been plausible. The unity we see today didn’t come until the 16th century and wasn’t cemented until the building of the railways in the 19th.

At least Spengler had the virtue of being brief remarked that Germans are a “warlike people.” The German corrected him, saying “No. We are a military people, the British are a warlike people.” Meaning the Germans were superb at the cold business of killing people but not the mentality, the organisation that sat behind it, whereas the British were adequate at fighting but marshalled every resource and trained every sinew of its society to war.

HHP: Are there any lessons in the Hundred Years War for today? JS: Not really, other than in the sense all history is the attempt to achieve experience vicariously. I don’t like platitudes such as ‘we learn that war is futile’. No, war and religion both stand behind all the major tests that humanity has undergone when addressing the biggest questions.

HHP: Your text is peppered with stats and facts, from taxes to maps – were your sources hard work? JS: Perhaps before the 15th century. Afterwards, however, there are many more personal letters. As the sophistication of the civil services grow, there are very impressive neutral and complex appraisals of delicate political circumstances.

JS: The subtleties of warfare are being lost... HHP: What do you mean? JS: I’m reminded of a famous exchange between a German being interrogated by a British officer in 1944. The officer

HHP: Have you read larger, abstract works of history – AJ Toynbee’s A Study of History, for instance? JS: I started to read that in the 1970s when it was still regarded as monumental.

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have to keep up with the fact that our political appetites are always changing. HHP: We live in a time that follows the disposal of the canon of dead, white men, and yet instead of heterogeneity, new orthodoxies have emerged... JS: I despise straitjackets of all sorts. There should never be a concrete idea of history. Anybody with a fixed idea about these things is not reading a source but ploughing it for themselves. It’s dishonest and, more importantly, you’ll miss what’s there. Also, having a fixed idea of things destroys curiosity. JS: On a similar note, the historical curriculum is appallingly narrow. It’s terribly damaging to study 1918-45, a period that tells you very little about the development of Europe and which is, in general, very untypical. The result is that most British schoolchildren are being taught about Germany and Europe during its most aberrant period. They are not taught that in George Eliot’s time France was simply a place you went through to get to Germany. HHP: Do you think this is part of a larger gripe? JS: Perhaps. Yes, it feeds into a creeping conformism. No opinion should be unacceptable, especially if it’s wrong.

HHP: He’s effectively Spengler applied... JS: Yes, but at least Spengler had the virtue of being brief. I think what both miss is that declinism can only be a shortterm phenomenon. In terms of power and wealth, everything’s going up and down all the time – and it’s not doing so within a framework of biology. It’s pretentiousness in the extreme. I liked Hugh Trevor-Roper’s demolition job of Toynbee. OK, it’s catty, tart and trivial in places but for the most part it’s profound. I share with him the notion that any theory purporting to explain very much is bound to be wrong. Theories can explain small things, but when they are scaled up they fray at the edges. Remember, the whole world can’t be in decline all the time. HHP: Can I tempt you on to any political topics? JS: I enjoy politics. It’s the subject matter or an important background to all historical matters. We live in an age in which we pretend to despise politics and politicians. I don’t. I think we expect things of politicians that aren’t necessarily political virtues, such as consistency. Not only in the sense of Keynes’ dictum about changing his mind when the facts change, but in the sense that politicians

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HHP: Your style is clipped and polished. Any tips for budding historians? JS: Keep your style free of clichés. When somebody starts one of your sentences you should be damned sure that they don’t know how it’ll end. HHP: If you were young again and off on a Grand Tour that you could design, where would you go? JS: ROME – because it’s inexhaustible, profound and sits at the heart of Europe. Apart from that hideous wedding cake (the Vittoriano), of course. Rome has forced into Europe new ways of thinking in spite of itself. OXFORD – because it’s a city that evokes something bigger than itself. It might tell you more about England than Europe, but the country is an important part of the continent in spite of its insularity. Don’t forget the French are just as insular, it’s just they’re better at spreading their insularity to the rest of Europe. CONSTANTINOPLE – the new Rome, the second Rome. One of the tragedies of modern Turkey is the deliberate attempt to narrow the scope of its own culture; not just Erdogan, Atatürk too. The Greeks have been complicit in this. It was their fault for 1919-22. A chapter of history in which the Brits played their part when Lloyd George egged Venizelos on.

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arolina’s jewellery line is synonymous with effortless luxury and modern, yet chic timeless pieces. Her pieces transcend trends and can be found in her eponymous (and particularly cute) boutique on Motcomb Street. We caught up with her to talk about the inspiration behind her company, her all-time favourite perfume, her top spots in Belgravia and more. Tell us a bit more about "Carolina Bucci" and what makes it so unique. Carolina Bucci grew out of my family business which has been making fine jewellery in Florence since 1885. It is always difficult to distil a brand into a few words – but for me, our jewellery collections reflect a relaxed and modern sense of luxury; our signature pieces are bracelets that are 18k gold woven with coloured silks, like a very precious fabric. What inspired you to start your business? Growing up in a family surrounded by traditional jewellery I was very frustrated that I wasn’t allowed to be more experimental. Even at a young age I would fight with my father about how I thought bracelets should be fastened and so on… After I studied jewellery design in New York I had some perspective on the rather insular world of Florentine goldsmiths, and I came back fresh and determined to create something new. For that to work, I had to create my own brand aside from the family business. Carolina Bucci was born. What are your top picks from your current collection? I love the new shield rings from my Superstellar collection. They come in a kaleidoscope of different pavé stone combinations, and they sit very close to the finger, almost like a small precious piece of armour. The silhouette of the ring on the finger is quite different from any of my previous ring designs. How do you achieve a work/life balance? Some weeks are inevitably more work, some more life… but in a way when your work is an extension of your everyday life then the distinctions fall away. I never wanted to do anything other than design jewellery, and I have always done it. The difficulties arise in trying to find quality time with my children. For that, I diarise everything. I can’t wing it and hope everything falls into place. If I want to

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spend time with my family and grow the business, then I have to be very disciplined with my time. What are your favourite beauty products? Calyx by Prescriptives. I have been wearing the same perfume since I was 16 years old and love the fact that people now associate me with this perfume. I also like any Lancer product, Aurelia Miracle Cleanser and my everlasting supply of medicated chapsticks that I buy in the US every time I am there. What’s the best part about being based in Belgravia? I don’t think there is anywhere better than Belgravia in London. It is a perfect pause between all the activity that surrounds it. Great one-off shops, and a real sense of community. We chose Motcomb Street for our store when it looked very different than it looks today, but it has always had a wonderful air of serving the local residents. That is what makes Belgravia special. What are your favourite spots in Belgravia? Oliveto and Olivogelo, Les Senteurs, Egg and Mayhews newsagent – the centre of all information in the area and a great selection of fashion magazines. I also can’t wait for the new The Good Life Eatery to open on Motcomb Street! What is the best thing about London during the winter? I love to be in London during the Christmas holidays. My life slows down along with the city, and anything becomes possible… quick cab rides across town and a table at any restaurant without the need for the need for reservations. I also love the carol concert that’s held in St Paul’s Wilton Place – it really puts me in the mood for the holidays. 4 Motcomb Street, SW1X 8JU, 020 7838 9977, carolinabucci.com

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Great British Escape

Beechtrip Elizabeth Finney heads out of the city to enjoy the leafy scenery and lavish dishes at Burnham Beeches Hotel

s my car pulls up the winding driveway to the main doors, I can’t help but feel a little bit like a dishevelled version of Keira Knightley in The Duchess. Far away from London (despite my mere 45 minutes spent on the train from Paddington) I marvel at the sweeping lawns, the undulating branches of the trees and the Georgian stately home, now the Burnham Beeches Hotel. The property was originally built in 1727 as a hunting lodge for the royal family before being bought by the English poet Thomas Gray, who then sold it to an aristocrat for his family home. Undeniably, it’s the perfect place for a party. Traditional and comfortable, the winding corridors are lined with low-lit sconces with dark wood-panelled walls bedecked with local memorabilia, mounted above classic yet understated furniture. I check in and try not to run to my room, which is cosy and comfortable, as expected.

I sit by the window with a cup of tea and shortbread to gaze out at the technicoloured beech trees and stretching fields. It’s idyllic, and I can just imagine an excitable bride putting a well-practised beauty regime into action while surrounded by bridesmaids and bubbles – both in the luxurious bathtub with glass flutes in hand. Before my much-anticipated dinner, I head down to the leisure club. Perhaps a bit tired in places, I nevertheless enjoy a quick paddle in the pint-sized indoor pool, a lengthy soak in the Jacuzzi and a Sahara-standard sauna, where I feel any remaining stress – not pummelled out of me by Jacuzzi jets – meet its demise in the hazy, pine-scented box. I leave the gym unexplored, but notice a very small fleet of machinery, including a cross-trainer and treadmill, perfect for any gym bunnies staying at the hotel. Back in my room, I take advantage of the gorgeous complimentary lotions and potions in the bathroom

TRAVEL

one-bone rib of beef with chips, washed down with a gorgeous Australian Shiraz. My very attentive waiter further enhances the feeling of having stepped back in time by bringing my dishes out topped with a silver dome. The big reveal does not disappoint – the beef is perfectly rare (as requested), juicy and flavoursome, sided with rich and golden hand-cut chips as well as a small jug of creamy bearnaise sauce. Instead of a nightcap, I indulge in a scotch malt whisky cheesecake complete with caramel hazelnuts, which definitely sends me back to my room with a satisfied smile on my face. After a restful and peaceful night’s sleep, I leisurely wend my way to the breakfast room to partake in their extensive breakfast buffet. I know what you’re thinking – but please don’t conjure up images of the slightly more questionable buffets one can often find which compromise a stale bowl of bran flakes with UHT milk and a rather sad-looking croissant. The spread was glorious and vast, with the added option of having bespoke bites made in the kitchen. The mass of breads and preserves are all made on-site, and they source as much of their other offerings as locally as possible. Armed with a pot of tea and three different kinds of freshly squeezed juice, I tuck in, trying a little bit of everything, which collectively becomes rather a lot. It’s all delicious – sausages, bacon and scrambled eggs cooked to perfection, golden hash browns and fried mushrooms rivalling any former contestants, and creamy yoghurt topped with fresh fruit, beguiling me into taking up the rare opportunity of dessert. Checking out at 12noon, I hop back into my car (with a little less excitement than when I’d got in the day before), and within minutes I’m halfway back to London. Looking out of the window at the diminishing countryside, I have the sort of relaxed feeling that only comes from being well-cared for and well-fed. For anyone seeking the miniest of mini breaks to the country without having to sacrifice much time to travel, I can recommend a stay at Burnham Beeches.

and settle down draped in a myriad of white fluffy bath towels. The room itself isn’t vast, but comes with two desks and chairs, a hair dryer, clothes iron, full-length mirror and substantial wardrobe. I lean against the heavily-padded headboard of the bed, which stretches up to the ceiling, and tap into the free Wi-Fi to kill some time before dinner. With a less than captivating selection of Sunday evening television, the fact that I could watch a film on Netflix was an added bonus.

They source as much of their other offerings as locally as possible Dinner outshines every other aspect of my stay and as I sit in the candlelit dining room perusing the menu, I find myself completely torn as to what to have. To procrastinate making a decision, I sample a slice of their homemade pesto bread with a generous slab of butter, before carefully selecting a starter of gloriously meaty pan-fried scallops with leek purée, followed by a grilled

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Burnham Beeches Hotel, Grove Road, Burnham, SL1 8DP, 01628 429 955, corushotels.com/burnham

MORE INFORMATION The Belgravia Residents’ Journal was hosted by Burnham Beeches Hotel, a member of the Corus Hotel Group. Burnham Beeches is one of eight Corus hotels peppered across the UK, from Hyde Park to Halifax. Burnham Beeches has built a strong reputation for hosting beautiful bespoke weddings, offering a choice of two luxurious bridal suites, both with their own lounge area, master bedroom, double bathroom and view of the hotel grounds. Wedding Packages start at £3,999 for the Essential Package, based on 50 guests. A classic single bedroom starts from £100, and a suite from £279 per night. Contact Corus Hotels at Burnham Beeches (01628 429 955, corushotels.com/ burnham) to book.

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Residents’ Culture Exploring the minutiae of residents’ concerns and encounters

December roundup by Sue Liberman

December is the time to “make your list and check it twice” not just for Santa but to ensure you don’t miss out on all the fabulous Belgravia events….

Wilton Crescent private gardens opens its gates Tuesday 1 December, 5pm – 6pm A rare opportunity to bring the whole family along to sample the delights of one of Belgravia’s most magical gardens at Christmas time. Hot mulled wine and delicious mince pies will be on offer, plus a selection of soft drinks for children. There is no entrance fee for Wilton Crescent Gardens on the night, so please do come along. If you’re attending the St Paul’s Foundation carol service on 1 December, the blessing of the Christmas tree and lights switch on in Wilton Crescent Gardens is a lovely start to what will be a thoroughly enjoyable evening. The carol service will be followed by champagne and canapés generously hosted by the Berkeley Hotel.

St Pauls Foundation Carol Service Tuesday 1 December, 6.30pm The Foundation Carol Service in aid of the St Paul’s Knightsbridge Foundation. Carols, music and celebrity readings. St Paul’s, Wilton Place, SW1. Purchase tickets in advance either by visiting spkfoundation.org or email tickets@spkb.org or call 020 7201 9994. Ticket prices: (In advance) Adults - £50, Children - £25 (On the door) Adults - £60, Children - £30

Christmas in Belgravia Please see the Notebook on page four for details of the Pimlico (Orange Square) Christmas event on 5 December and the Elizabeth Street Christmas Market on 6 December.

Motcomb Street Saturday 5 December, 2pm – 4.30pm Motcomb Street is currently experiencing a transitional period with various traders having left the street and new ones opening their stores. Grosvenor is very keen to support them during their transitional period and has arranged for carol singers on Motcomb Street. Motcomb Street, West Halkin Street, Lowndes Street & Kinnerton Street invite you to take a stroll between their specialist shops and salons where they will be offering an array of gift ideas, special offers and discounts. Cubitt House will have mulled wine outside the Alfred Tennyson pub and the Belgraves Hotel will have a stall providing mulled wine, mince pies, mini Christmas hampers, jars of chutney, jam etc. Pierre Hermé will be offering samples of delicious hot chocolate and bonbon chocolates. Plus there will be many other special offers from other traders. A choir will be singing Christmas carols throughout the afternoon, so do come along to say hello and sing a carol or two...

St Paul’s Parish Carol Service Thursday 17 December, 7pm Free admission and open to all. A wonderful evening, hugely supported by local residents, traders and businesses. Readings by Simon Elmer (Grosvenor director, north Belgravia), Errol Douglas MBE (Errol Douglas Motcomb Street) and Andrew Coney (GM of the Belgraves Hotel). A service of nine lessons and carols, followed by mulled wine and mince pies generously provided by the Belgraves Hotel. I look forward to seeing you all there. Planning to visit Hyde Park’s Winter Wonderland? Then please do pop in to say hello to Mosimann’s as they have a very special Christmas style “Swiss Chalet” serving delicious Swiss delicacies. For table bookings, please email booking@mosimann.com

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas & a very happy NewYear

If there’s anything you would like me to know about, I can be contacted on 07957 420 911 or on sue@sueliberman.com

Planning &Development Keeping you in the know about important street plans affecting Belgravia

Two per cent is the ‘new normal’ interest rate until 2020 The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has pushed back its prediction for when the Bank of England will raise interest rates, to May or August next year. CEBR had been anticipating a February rate rise, but concerns about the global economy now make the think tank believe that the BoE will hold the line until the middle of 2016. “Even when the Bank of England does raise rates, says the forecasting house’s Head of Macroeconomics, “We expect the pace of rate rises to be very gradual. Even by 2020, we expect the bank rate to stand at just two per cent – what CEBR believes is the ‘new normal’ for interest rates.”

CEBR expects the UK economy to grow by 2.5 per cent this year. However, growth is expected to slow to two per cent in 2016 and then average just 1.7 per cent over the years 20172020. In contrast, the Office for Budget Responsibility expects growth to remain above two per cent over this period. The global economic slowdown, driven by substantial weakness in emerging markets (most notably China), is holding back export prospects and curbing business investment. If the world economy continues to falter, then these weights on growth will become even bigger. The Bank of England will keep rates on hold for longer in response to this deteriorating global backdrop, believe CEBR’s economists. Inflation on the consumer price index (CPI) measure is expected to stay below two per cent until 2017, giving the Bank room for manoeuvre to keep rates on hold. There’s also some doubt about the sustainability of the current economic recovery. The forecasting house predicts that household spending, not trade or investment, will account for the clear majority of the growth seen over the next five years. Net trade will act as a drag on growth over this timeframe as the UK continues to import far more than it exports. The current account deficit – a measure of the UK’s trading position with the rest of the world – is expected to average an enormous £77bn per annum over the period 2015-2020. This reflects sluggish export growth as well as poor returns on overseas investments as the global economy stumbles.

ROAD WORKS

PLANNING APPLICATIONS

STREET

PLANNED WORK

DATES

WORKS OWNER

DATE RECEIVED

ADDRESS

PROPOSAL

Chester Row

Void in footway to be repaired

1-2 Dec

City of Westminster (020 7461 2000)

19 October

Gerald Road

Excavation to increase size of existing basement

Bourne Street

Fibre cabling and jointing works

1-2 Dec

British Telecommunications (0800 800 150)

19 October

Eaton Terrace

Install barriers around Marquess of Westminster statue

1-4 Dec

Alteration to front and rear elevations and works to pavement vault

19 October

Bloomfield Terrace

Excavation of basement

Paving works

1-15 Dec

22 October

Eaton Place

Alterations to the roof

Avery Farm Row

D’Oyley Street

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City of Westminster

Kensington & Chelsea (020 7361 3000)

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The Belgravia

Directory

A compendium of the area’s key establishments

Estate Agents Ayrton Wylie 16 Lower Belgrave Street 020 7730 4628

Douglas Lyons & Lyons 33 Kinnerton Street 020 7235 7933

Knight Frank Lettings 82-83 Chester Square 020 7881 7730

Savills 139 Sloane Street 020 7730 0822

Best Gapp & Cassells 81 Elizabeth Street 020 7730 9253

Harrods Estates 82 Brompton Road 020 7225 6506

Knight Frank Sales 47 Lower Belgrave Street 020 7881 7722

Strutt & Parker 66 Sloane Street 020 7235 9959

Chesterton Belgravia 31 Lowndes Street 020 7235 3530

Henry & James 1 Motcomb Street 020 7235 8861

Marler & Marler 6 Sloane Street 020 7235 9641

Food & Drink BARS

CAFÉS

Amaya Halkin Arcade, Motcomb Street 020 7823 1166

Tomtom Coffee House 114 Ebury Street 020 7730 1771

The Garden Room (cigar) The Lanesborough Hyde Park Corner 020 7259 5599

PUBLIC HOUSES/ DINING ROOMS

RESTAURANTS The Alfred Tennyson 10 Motcomb Street 020 7730 6074 thealfredtennyson.co.uk

Motcombs 26 Motcomb Street 020 7235 6382 motcombs.co.uk

The Orange 37 Pimlico Road 020 7881 9844 theorange.co.uk

The Thomas Cubitt 44 Elizabeth Street 020 7730 6060 thethomascubitt.co.uk

Uni 18a Ebury Street 020 7730 9267 restaurantuni.com

DENTIST

DOCTOR

HAIR SALONS

WELLBEING CLUB

The Beresford Clinic 2 Lower Grosvenor Place 020 7821 9411

The Belgrave Medical Centre 13 Pimlico Road 020 7730 5171

The Daniel Galvin Jr. Salon 4a West Halkin Street 020 7245 1050

ARCHITECTS/ DESIGN

CLEANING

GALLERIES

Kudu Services

88 Gallery 86-88 Pimlico Road 020 7730 2728

The Library Bar (wine) The Lanesborough Hyde Park Corner 020 7259 5599

Health & Wellbeing

Grace Belgravia 11c West Halkin Street 020 7235 8900 gracebelgravia.com

Home ANTIQUES Bennison 16 Holbein Place 020 7730 8076 Patrick Jefferson 69 Pimlico Road 020 7730 6161

Weldon Walshe 20 Grosvenor Place 020 7235 4100

Discreet, confidential cleaning services for offices and homes of distinction

27 Mortimer Street 020 8704 5988 kuduservices.co.uk

Gallery 25 26 Pimlico Road 020 7730 7516

Fashion BOUTIQUES Philip Treacy 69 Elizabeth Street 020 7730 3992

BRIDAL Herve Leger 29 Lowndes Street 020 7201 2590

Nevena Couture (clients by appointment only)

Lowndes Street 020 3539 8738 nevena.co.uk

Le Spose di Gio 81 Ebury Street 020 7901 9020 le-spose-di-gio.it

Services BANKS Duncan Lawrie Private Banking 1 Hobart Place 020 7245 1234 duncanlawrie.com

SOLICITORS Child & Child 14 Grosvenor Crescent 020 7235 8000 childandchild.co.uk

EXCLUSIVE The Caledonian Club 9 Halkin Street 020 7235 5162 caledonianclub.com

MOVING SERVICES Abels Moving Services UK, EU & International 020 3773 5796 info@abels.co.uk abels.co.uk

IT SUPPORT Dashwood Solutions Contact Jonny Hyam for all your IT needs 07787 507 407

POST OFFICE Post Office 6 Eccleston Street 0845 722 3344

Psychotherapy Suzanne Thomas DHC MRes, Hypnotherapist / Psychotherapist 07770 378791 suzannethomas@ suzannethomas.co.uk suzannethomas.co.uk

TRAVEL Passepartout Homes Ltd 020 7513 2876 passepartout-homes.com info@passepartout-homes.com

Speciality Shops CIGAR SPECIALIST Tomtom Cigars 63 Elizabeth Street 020 7730 1790

CONFECTIONERS Peggy Porschen 116 Ebury Street 020 7730 1316 Pierre Hermé Paris 13 Lowndes Street 020 7245 0317 Rococo Chocolates 5 Motcomb Street 020 7245 0993

DELI La Bottega 25 Eccleston Street 020 7730 2730

JEWELLERS De Vroomen 59 Elizabeth Street 020 7730 1901

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VICKISARGE 38 Elizabeth Street 020 7259 0202

Elizabeth Gage 5 West Halkin Street 020 7823 0100 eg@elizabeth-gage.com elizabeth-gage.com

PERFUMERIES Floris 147 Ebury Street 020 7730 0304 florislondon.com

NEWSAGENT

Mayhew Newsagents 15 Motcomb Street 020 7235 5770 Mayhew Newsagents is a local Belgravian institution. As well as supplying the area with national and international newspapers and magazines, it provides an extensive range of stationery, computer supplies and postal services. Opening times: Monday to Friday 7am-6pm, Saturday 8am-2pm, Sunday 8am-1pm

Local delivery service available

BOOTMAKERS Stivaleria Cavallin 57 Elizabeth Street 020 3198 3269 stivaleriacavallin.com

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LOWNDES SQUARE, BELGRAVIA, SW1X

£2,500,000

LEASEHOLD • TWO BEDROOMS • TWO BATHROOMS • RECEPTION ROOM • DINING ROOM • KITCHEN • ENTERTAINING SPACE • PRIVATE GARDEN• PRIME LOCATION • EPC D

BELGRAVIA OFFICE 1 Motcomb Street, London SW1X 8JX +44 (0)20 7235 8861 belgraviaoffice@henryandjames.co.uk

henryandjames.co.uk

CHESHAM MEWS, BELGRAVIA, SW1X

£2,350 PER WEEK • FOUR BEDROOMS • FOUR BATHROOMS • TWO RECEPTION ROOMS • • OPEN PLAN KITCHEN • LIFT • PATIO GARDEN • PRIVATE PARKING • GARAGE • EPC D PLUS £240 TENANCY FEE AND £60 REFERENCING FEE PER PERSON

BELGRAVIA OFFICE 1 Motcomb Street, London SW1X 8JX +44 (0)20 7235 8861 belgraviaoffice@henryandjames.co.uk

henryandjames.co.uk

Ebury Street, Belgravia SW1 Modern three bedroom apartment with private garden

KnightFrank.co.uk/lettings belgravialettings@knightfrank.com 020 3641 6005

Recently refurbished and beautifully presented three bedroom duplex apartment in Belgravia. This period conversion benefits from Bang and Olufsen technology, wood floors and high ceilings. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, reception room, open-plan dining room/kitchen, studio room with shower room and large private garen. EPC: D. Approximatley 136 sq m (1,467 sq ft). Available furnished Guide price: £1,800 per week

KnightFrank.co.uk/BEQ196333

@KnightFrank KnightFrank.co.uk

All potential tenants should be advised that as well as rent, an administration fee of £276 and referencing fees of £48 per person will apply when renting a property. Please ask us for more information about other fees that may apply or visit KnightFrank.co.uk/tenantcharges

BRJ - Dec Ed - 105 Ebury Street

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Bourne Street, Belgravia SW1 A three bedroom freehold Belgravia townhouse with roof terrace A newly refurbished 3 bedroom freehold townhouse benefitting from both a private garden and a large roof terrace. Master bedroom with en suite bathroom, 2 further bedrooms/study, shower room, reception room, kitchen/dining room, dining area, WC, utility room, garden, roof terrace. EPC: D. Approximately 138.5 sq m (1,491 sq ft). Freehold

Guide price: £3,999,950

KnightFrank.co.uk/belgravia belgravia@knightfrank.com 020 3641 5910 Cluttons.com belgravia@cluttons.com 020 7730 0303

@KnightFrank KnightFrank.co.uk

KnightFrank.co.uk/BGV150136

22 Bourne Street

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savills.co.uk

1 STUNNING FAMILY HOUSE LOCATED OFF BELGRAVE SQUARE belgravia, sw1 Double entrance hall ø 2 drawing rooms ø cinema ø dining room ø kitchen/breakfast room ø 6 bedroom suites ø wine cellar ø gym ø swimming pool ø roof garden ø garaging ø 910 sq m (9,803 sq ft) ø EPC=C Guide £39.5 million Freehold

Knight Frank

Savills Sloane Street

Rupert des Forges rupert.desforges@knightfrank.com

Noel De Keyzer ndekeyzer@savills.com

020 7861 1777

020 7730 0822

savills.co.uk

1 GRADE II LISTED HOUSE IN A PRIME BELGRAVIA LOCATION belgravia, sw1x 5 reception rooms ø 6 bedrooms ø 6 bathrooms ø use of Belgrave Square Gardens ø roof terrace ø patio ø 695.4 sq m (6,409 sq ft) ø EPC exempt Guide £22 million Freehold

Aylesford

Savills Sloane Street

Brendan Roberts brendan-roberts@aylesford.com

Noel De Keyzer ndekeyzer@savills.com

0207 351 2383

020 7730 0822

Established 1897

ONE HYDE PARK, Knightsbridge SW1 Situated on the ground and first floors of this exclusive world-renowned residential development, this very spacious two bedroom apartment (approximately 1,711sq ft / 159sq m) boasts Hyde Park views from the large reception room and private terrace. The accommodation comprises an entrance hall, guest cloakroom, large reception room with dining area, kitchen, lower hall, master bedroom with ensuite bathroom and dressing area, second bedroom with ensuite bathroom, storage and a terrace. There are also two large underground car parking spaces demised to the apartment, plus a wine store. One Hyde Park is the first European Residences at the Mandarin Oriental with access to a private cinema, games rooms, squash courts, gymnasium, spa and swimming pool, valet parking, maid service and access to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. EPC rating C. Guide price: ÂŁ8,950,000 Leasehold: Approximately 990 years remaining 020 7225 6508 shaun.drummond@harrodsestates.com

KNIGHTSBRIDGE OFFICE: 82 BROMPTON ROAD LONDON SW3 1ER T: 020 7225 6506 MAYFAIR OFFICE: 61 PARK LANE LONDON W1K 1QF T: 020 7409 9001 CHELSEA OFFICE: 58 FULHAM ROAD LONDON SW3 6HH T: 020 7225 6700 KENSINGTON OFFICE: 48-50 KENSINGTON CHURCH STREET W8 4DG T: 020 3650 4600

HARRODSESTATES.COM @HarrodsEstates

Established 1897

THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE APARTMENTS, Knightsbridge SW7 An exclusive two bedroom apartment is available in The Knightsbridge development. The apartment has been finished to a high specification in particular the bespoke lighting. There is an air grandeur with an impressive chandelier in the Livingroom and chic design throughout. The kitchen is fully fitted with all modern conveniences and has a spacious living space leading onto the balcony which boasts great views across Knightsbridge. The property consists of two bedrooms both with ensuite bathrooms.This development has a 24-hour concierge, gym, spa and swimming pool and underground parking. It is moments away from Harrods and the fashionable Sloane Street. A rare opportunity to be in this much sort after residence. Price: £2,850 per week plus property fees* (£180 admin & £180 checkout). References: £42 per person *http://www.harrodsestates.com/tenants

020 7225 6821 aaron.hopkins@harrodsestates.com

HARRODSESTATES.COM @HarrodsEstates

The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings

Drawing of St Dunstan-in-the-West by SPAB Scholar Ptolomy Dean

Founded by William Morris, the SPAB protects the historic environment from decay, damage and demolition. It responds to threats to old buildings, trains building professionals, craftspeople, homeowners and volunteers and gives advice about maintenance and repairs. Since 1877 countless buildings have been saved for future generations.

Information about maintaining your home is available through events, courses, lectures, publications and telephone advice. To support our work why not join the SPAB? Members receive a quarterly magazine, our list of historic properties for sale and access to our regional activities.

www.spab.org.uk 020 7377 1644 A charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England & Wales. Company no: 5743962 Charity no: 1113753 37 Spital Square, London E1 6DY

Eaton Square, SW1 A lateral second floor apartment with lift, situated in the southern terrace of this world renowned square with a northerly aspect over the gardens. * * * * * * *

Leasehold Approximately 17 Years

Reception Room Kitchen 2 Bedrooms Shower Room Guest WC Lift Caretaker

ÂŁ1,600,000

Chesham Street, SW1 A light and airy third floor flat in a period stucco fronted building in this prestigious Belgravia location and close to the exceptional shops restaurants and transport facilities of Sloane Street and Knightsbridge. * * * *

Share of Freehold

ÂŁ1,175,000

Reception Room Kitchen Bedroom Bathroom

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•  Two Double Bedrooms Two Bathrooms •  Double Reception

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Reception Room Kitchen/Breakfast Room £975 per week + fees

•  Two Bathrooms •  Eat in Kitchen

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£3,300,000 Subject to Contract

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•  Communal Gardens (by sep neg) ■ EE rating E •  EE Rating E

Share of Freehold

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Chesham Street, Belgravia SW1

A brand newly refurbished apartment on Chesham Street in the heart of Belgravia, designed by leading interior design and development team Wilben with luxurious fixtures and bespoke furniture.

Knightsbridge 020 7235 9959 ollie.blakelock@struttandparker.com

ÂŁ2,295,000 Leasehold

Eaton Square, Belgravia SW1

An exceptionally elegant short lease maisonette arranged over the raised ground and first floors of this grand period building, with direct lift access, on what is regarded as the best address in London.

Knightsbridge 020 7235 9959 bertie.hare@struttandparker.com

ÂŁ1,050,000 Leasehold

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Eaton Place, Belgravia SW1

A superb, newly refurbished first and second floor maisonette in this handsome stucco fronted period conversion in the heart of Belgravia.

Knightsbridge 020 7235 9959 james.forbes@struttandparker.com

ÂŁ4,950,000 Leasehold

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