The Langham, London

London, United Kingdom. Located in Marylebone on Langham Place, facing up Portland Place towards Regent’s Park.

The Langham, LondonLondon, United Kingdom

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Practical information

Address: The Langham, London
1c Portland Place, Regent Street
London W1B 1JA
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 20 7636 1000
Official website: www.langhamhotels.com
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380 rooms and suites.
The Palm Court, serving afternoon tea since 1865, the Artesian cocktail bar and The Wigmore tavern by Michel Roux Jr.
Chuan Spa with swimming pool, plus function rooms including the Grand Ballroom.
Located in Marylebone on Langham Place, facing up Portland Place towards Regent’s Park.

10 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

1863 – 1865
Designed by John Giles, the hotel is built for £300,000; it is the city’s largest and most modern, with England’s first hydraulic lifts.
10 June 1865
The Prince of Wales performs the opening ceremony.
1867
American James Sanderson becomes general manager and draws an American clientele including Mark Twain; Napoleon III, Dvořák and Oscar Wilde also stay.
August 1889
Joseph Marshall Stoddart meets Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle here, commissioning The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Sign of Four.
1939 – 1945
Partly used by the British Army, the hotel is damaged by bombs and forced to close.
1965
The BBC, which had used the building after the war, buys it outright.
1986
The BBC sells the property to the Ladbroke Group for £26 million.
1991
The hotel reopens as the Langham Hilton after a £100 million refurbishment.
1995
Hong Kong-based Great Eagle Holdings buys the hotel and later launches the Langham Hotels brand.
2004 – 2009
An £80 million renovation restores the hotel to its original form.