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The Covent Garden Hotel is a haven of discreet glamour in the heart of Covent Garden. At the centre of London’s theatre district, the hotel is surrounded by some of the best restaurants, bars, nightlife and shopping that the city has to offer. Attracting a discerning clientele, the Covent Garden Hotel is a bona fide boutique hotel in London. Covent Garden is one of London’s trendiest districts. Whilst staying at Grovesnor House Studios you will be able to visit the nearby piazza in Covent Garden and become enthralled by the shows put on by buskers and street entertainers.

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Grosvenor Gardens is the name given to two triangular parks in Belgravia, London, faced on their western and eastern sides by streets of the same name. Both roads run roughly north to south from Hobart Place and Grosvenor Place to Buckingham Palace Road.

Notable buildings include the Grade II-listed Grosvenor Gardens House at Nos. 23–47, built in about 1868 by the architect Thomas Cundy III in the French Renaissance style.[1]

The Rifle Brigade War Memorial commemorates the service of the Rifle Brigade in the First and Second World Wars. It stands at the junction of Grosvenor Gardens and Hobart Place, on land donated by the 2nd Duke of Westminster.

The shell-covered huts in the southern garden were part of a redesign of the park by Jean Moreux, architect-in-chief of the National Monuments and Palaces of France, in 1952. The fabrique style buildings are covered with shells from England and France, and are used to store gardening equipment.[2][3]

The northern garden contains the sculpture Lioness and Lesser Kudu by Jonathan Kenworthy, installed in 2000.[4]

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Notable residents[edit]

  • William Henry Blackmore (1827–1878), killed himself in his study at Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens[5]
  • Henry Eliot, 5th Earl of St Germans (1835–1911), lived at No. 13
  • John Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans (1890–1922), born and lived at No. 13
  • Thomas Forbes (1900–1988), grew up at No. 15
  • Augustus Pitt Rivers (1827–1900), lived at No. 4, commemorated with a blue plaque[6]
  • F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872–1930), lived at No. 32, commemorated with a blue plaque[7]

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References[edit]

  1. ^Historic England, '23–47 Grosvenor Gardens (1288701)', National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 March 2017
  2. ^'13 Of London's Oddest Buildings'. Londonist. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  3. ^thelondonphile (18 April 2012). 'Shell huts, Grosvenor Gardens'. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  4. ^Ward-Jackson, Philip (2003), Public Sculpture of the City of London, Public Sculpture of Britain, 7, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, pp. 53–54, ISBN0-85323-977-0CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  5. ^'Pitt-Rivers and Blackmore'. Web.prm.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  6. ^'Biography of General Pitt-Rivers'. Web.prm.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  7. ^'SMITH, F.E., 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872–1930)'. English Heritage. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  • Media related to Grosvenor Gardens at Wikimedia Commons

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During my trip to London I went to the Covent Garden Hotel several times trying to spot some celebrities. This time I was lucky enough to spot some celebrities at this prestigious hotel.

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Grosvenor Casino London Covent GardenThe Academy Award nominee Danny De Vito is mostly known for his roles in 'Romancing The Stone', 'Mars Attacks!', 'Twins' and off course 'Batman Returns' in which he plays Batman's nemisis The Penguin. For me signed the DVD-covers of 'Mars Attacks!' and 'Solitary Man' and the friendly actor posed for a picture.
Below is a clip from 'Batman Returns' in which Danny De Vito plays The Penguin.
Ethan Coen, who is one of the two famous Coen Brothers, also walked into the Covent Garden Hotel. Both he and Joel are not easy going people with signing and posing for pictures. Luckily Ethan is slightly more friendly than his brothers, so he was willing to pose for a picture. Together with his brother he made instant classics like 'The Big Lebowski', 'Fargo', 'No Country For Old Men' and the recently released 'True Grit'.
Amy Adams, who is three time Academy Award nominee already, checked into the Covent Garden Hotel. When she arrived she signed my DVD-covers of 'Julie & Julia', 'Doubt' and 'Enchanted' and was more than willing to pose for nice picture with me.

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Gabriel Byrne, who plays main parts in movies like 'The Usual Suspects', 'End Of Days', 'Stigmata', 'Miller's Crossing' and he is also the main guy in the new HBO-series 'In Treatment'. When we saw him at the hotel he signed my DVD-cover of 'Spider' and posed for a picture.

Below is a scene from End Of Days in which Gabriel Byrne plays Satan.

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Sandra Bernard, the American funny girl, is mostly known for her stand-up performances. She is also known for her part in the Bruce Willis movie 'Hudson Hawk'. When we saw her coming back from lunch she signed my DVD-cover of 'Hudson Hawk' and posed for a picture in the rain.
Rhea Perlman, the wife of Danny De Vito is mostly known for her part in 'Cheers' is was recently seen in the HBO-series 'Hung'. She was, just as her husband, willing to pose for a picture.
When he checked out, Danny De Vito was again more than willing to pose for a picture. I was very happy to get a picture with him a day before, but I thought it would be fun to make another one with him while he looked very different.
Also, Amy Adams, was willing to make another picture with me. And this time, luckily, without sunglasses.
Ruth Wilson, who is mostly known for her part in the recently released television series 'The Prisoner' and 'Luther' was willing to pose for a picture when she left the hotel.
Terry Gilliam, the Academy Award nominee, is a director with a couple of strange movies on his CV, like '12 Monkeys', 'Tideland', 'Brazil' and recently 'The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus'. He signed the DVD-cover of 'The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus' for me and posed, like every time I've met him, for a picture.