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Kimpton Fitzroy London
London, United Kingdom · Kimpton · Core Luxury
Charles Fitzroy Doll clad Hotel Russell in thé-au-lait terracotta between 1898 and 1900, modeling the Bloomsbury pile on the Château de Madrid. His RMS Titanic dining room nearly matched the hotel restaurant, and a twin of the bronze dragon Lucky George sailed with the ship. The Russell Group of universities took its name from early meetings here. Reopened as Kimpton Fitzroy London on 24 October 2018 after Principal and Covivio chapters.
- 129 rooms
- Opened 1900
- Neighborhood: Bloomsbury
- Architect: Charles Fitzroy Doll
- Interiors: Tara Bernerd & Partners
About Kimpton Fitzroy London
- Built by Charles Fitzroy Doll and opened in 1900 as Hotel Russell, clad in distinctive thé-au-lait terracotta inspired by the Château de Madrid near Paris.
- The hotel restaurant is said to be almost identical to the Titanic dining room Doll also designed; an identical Lucky George bronze dragon was aboard the ship.
- Life-size statues of Elizabeth I, Mary II, Anne, and Victoria by Henry Charles Fehr stand above the main entrance.
- The Russell Group of research universities is named after Hotel Russell, where the first informal meetings took place.
- One of the few major London hotels not taken over by the War Office in World War II; a 1941 air raid destroyed the rooftop dome, never replaced.
History
Kimpton Fitzroy London occupies the entire eastern flank of Russell Square in Bloomsbury, in the terracotta-clad Hotel Russell built between 1892 and 1900 by Charles Fitzroy Doll for the Duke of Bedford's estate.
The setting
Kimpton Fitzroy London occupies the entire eastern flank of Russell Square in Bloomsbury, in the terracotta-clad Hotel Russell built between 1892 and 1900 by Charles Fitzroy Doll for the Duke of Bedford's estate. Russell Square was laid out in 1804 as the showpiece of the Bedford estate, and the surrounding streets formed the original territory of the Bloomsbury Group — Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keynes, E. M. Forster, and Lytton Strachey all lived within a few minutes' walk. The British Museum is six minutes on foot north, and the hotel's Victorian French Renaissance façades and Pyrenean marble staircase rank among the most ornate Victorian interiors in central London.
Restaurants and bars
- Fitz's — Restaurant
Amenities
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
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