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79 Mount Street

Arts and Crafts architecture in LondonGrade II listed buildings in the City of WestminsterGrade II listed houses in LondonHouses completed in 1894Houses in the City of Westminster
Mount Street, London

79 Mount Street is a Grade II listed house in Mount Street, Mayfair, London W1. The house was built in 1892–1894 by Eustace Balfour and Hugh Thackeray Turner of Balfour and Turner, in "Free Style Queen Anne", or in an Arts and Crafts style. It was Grade II listed in 1987.In the 1930s, it was home to John Powys, 5th Baron Lilford.In 2008, it was refurbished by the Meller family, who used the upper floors as a home and the basement to second floors as offices, with a swimming pool built in the basement. In May 2015, British businessman David Meller sold the 10,000 sq ft six-storey house to the Qatari royal family for £40 million, as part of a growing "Qatari quarter" centred on Dudley House in nearby Park Lane.

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79 Mount Street
Mount Street, London Mayfair

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