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Sanderson London, a Morgans Originals hotel
London, United Kingdom · Morgans Originals · Accessible Luxury
Arthur Sanderson and Sons built this glass box on Berners Street in 1958 as a wallpaper and fabric showroom, Reginald Uren's design, later listed Grade II*. Philip Hicks made the courtyard garden. John Piper's stained glass of the seasons, his largest secular work, climbs the stair. Ian Schrager and Philippe Starck reopened the showroom as a hotel on 25 April 2000, and the long bar sits where the wallpaper counter was.
- 150 rooms
- Opened 2000
- Neighborhood: Fitzrovia
- Architect: Reginald Uren
- Interiors: Philippe Starck
About Sanderson London, a Morgans Originals hotel
- The hotel stands on the site of 54 Berners Street, the address at the centre of the Berners Street Hoax of 1810.
- Starck bolted a copy of Prince Eugen's 1895 painting The Cloud to the ceiling over the bed. Tim Andreas redesigned the rooms in 2014.
- The Twentieth Century Society lobbied for listing, and the building was Grade II* from January 1991, years before it became a hotel.
- Denton Corker Marshall, working with Starck, planned 150 loft rooms. The courtyard garden, originally open to the sky, was glazed over for the hotel.
History
Sanderson House went up in 1958 as the centenary headquarters and showroom of Arthur Sanderson and Sons, makers of wallpaper, fabric, and paint. Reginald Uren, of Slater and Uren, designed the steel-and-glass front. A courtyard garden by Philip Hicks sits over an underground car park. John Piper's stained glass of the seasons, on the flying stair, is described as his largest secular work. The building was listed Grade II* in 1991. Philippe Starck and Denton Corker Marshall converted it for Ian Schrager, and Morgans Hotel Group reopened it as the Sanderson Hotel on 25 April 2000. The first-floor wallpaper counter became the Long Bar. Tim Andreas redesigned the rooms in 2014.
The setting
50 Berners Street, Fitzrovia, W1T 3NG, a short walk from Oxford Circus and the north side of Soho. The street is Fitzrovia, not Mayfair. The building replaced the site of 54 Berners Street.
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