CHILTERN FIREHOUSE
LONDON
In a city of exclusivity , Chiltern Firehouse , in
London ’ s tony Marylebone neighborhood , blares out like it once did at its 1889 founding as the Manchester Square Fire Station . It ’ s all you ’ d expect from its owner , megastar hotelier André Balazs . The property stopped putting out fires in 2005 and reopened as a hotel in 2014 , through the work of Archer Humphryes Architects and others , like Studio KO , which designed the restaurant . Gone might be the firepoles and hoses , but the shell of the hotel remains intact , red brick with stone dressings and a tiled roof in the Tudor-Gothic style . Further defining its exclusivity is the rather finite amount of guestrooms — 26 — often filled by the out-of-town jetset wanting to live and merrymake like Londoners . Downstairs , the hotel is a celebrity magnet , where on any given
night you could be tossing back whiskeys in the perfectly lit restaurant and bar with the likes of Cara Delevingne or Meghan Markle and Prince Harry , when they were England side . Stateside , Balazs owns sister properties Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles and Sunset Beach in the Hamptons . But when in London , it ’ s Chiltern Firehouse that keeps the fire ablaze .
WE ARE PROUD OF OUR TEAM FOR BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR UNWAVERING ATTENTION TO OUR GUESTS ’ EXPERIENCES . IT ’ S THEY WHO ENSURE THAT A CHILTERN FIREHOUSE STAY IS AN INCREDIBLY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE . WE THANK OUR GUESTS FOR THEIR LOYALTY AND FEEL PRIVILEGED TO BE NAMED THE TOP HOTEL IN LONDON BY HOTELS MAGAZINE
– HAMISH THOMPSON , MANAGING DIRECTOR , CHILTERN FIREHOUSE
André Balazs , president and CEO , André Balazs Properties , which owns
Chiltern Firehouse .
24 hotelsmag . com Nov / Dec 2023