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Historic hotels in London
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Artist Residence London
London, London
Hip, fun, quirky, this London outpost of a small, art-focused chain of hotels is a popular neighbourhood drop-in with a restaurant, basement cocktail bar, and highly individual bedrooms set over three upper floors, on a leafy residential street.
Hazlitt's
London, London
You can imagine nodding off in an armchair over the latest issue of Samuel Johnson's Idler, or William Hazlitt's polemics in the Tatler, when you step into this time-warp hotel and close the door on trendy Soho. It was here, on a Georgian terrace in the 1820s, that essayist Hazlitt penned his valediction, and antiques and furnishings keep faith with a bygone age.
Durrants
London
You step back in time when you enter this cossetting hotel, owned by the Miller family since 1921, steeped in hospitable tradition, with a fine-dining restaurant and a bar serving finger sandwiches and light bites, just the place for afternoon tea.
The UK's hotels have so many unique facets to them, from interesting design to incredible food and outstanding locations, but it's the history that really adds another dimension to them. So here is a selection of the Good Hotel Guide's favourite historic hotels in England…
