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San Domenico House
London, United Kingdom · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Two red-brick houses at 29 Draycott Place, built in 1887, and only 19 rooms. Until 2006 the sign said the Sloane Hotel. Aldo Melpignano, whose family also keeps Borgo Egnazia in Puglia, filled the rooms with Italian pictures, mezzanine gallery suites, and silk-canopied four-posters. There is no restaurant. Chelsea does the dining, a short walk toward Sloane Square.
- 19 rooms
- Neighborhood: Chelsea
About San Domenico House
- Six of the bedrooms are gallery rooms: a mezzanine sitting area over a silk-canopied four-poster, each one dressed differently.
- The hotel has no restaurant of its own. Breakfast and a room-service menu cover the house, and the drinks in the minibar are non-alcoholic unless you order otherwise.
- The drawing room still has an ormolu chest, a walnut tallboy, and Empire clocks, mixed with the Italian pictures the Melpignano family brought in.
History
San Domenico House occupies two red-brick Victorian townhouses on Draycott Place in Chelsea. The houses were built in 1887 and were a private home before they were a hotel. Until 2006 the property at number 29 was the Sloane Hotel. It now has 19 rooms and belongs to San Domenico Hotels, owned by Aldo Melpignano. It is a sister hotel to Borgo Egnazia in Puglia. Six gallery rooms have mezzanine sitting areas and silk-canopied four-posters. There is no restaurant.
The setting
29 to 31 Draycott Place, Chelsea, SW3 2SH, a quiet residential street a short walk from Sloane Square. The King's Road, the Saatchi Gallery, and the restaurants of Chelsea are the reason the hotel does not run a dining room of its own.
Amenities
- Bespoke room service menu
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