Walking around in MAYFAIR 🇬🇧LONDON (part 2) Berkeley Square, Farm Street Church 11 May -2024

T-REX DINOSAUR IN BERKELEY SQUARE
There’s currently a bronze cast sculpture of a life size juvenile T-Rex Dinosaur skeleton on displaying Berkeley Square!
The dinosaur was excavated in Garfield County,Montana US in 2019 .
The actual bones are held at the nearby David Aaron Gallery. They are 66-68 million years old and are for sale for £20M.
CONNAUGHT HOTEL
A 5-star luxury hotel on the corner of Carlos Place and Mount Street, owned by Maybourne Hotel Group.
The hotel first opened in 1815 as the Prince of Saxe Coburg Hotel, opened by Alexander Grillon in Albermarle Street , Mayfair, and was originally a pair of houses in Charles Street , near Grosvenor Square.
The street became Carlos Place after the 1st Duke of Westminster redeveloped the area.
In 1897 , a new rebuilt Coburg hotel opened , but in 1917 during the 1st world war, the name was changed to the less German “Connaught”,
named after Queen Victoria’s 3rd son Prince Arthur , the 1st Duke of Connaught.
After being run almost like an English Private House, to the highest standards, in 1956 the hotel was acquired by The Savoy Group, and in 2005 The Savoy Group was sold to a group of Irish investors who sold off the hotel group and theatre and renamed the group Maybourne Hotel Group.
The hotel was closed and extensively refurbished in 2007.
In 2023 The Connaught Bar was placed 5th of the worlds 50 best bars!
In 2012 and 2016 The Connaught Bar won The Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards, the only bar in the world to win it twice!
Notable guests incl
Edward VII , Princes Grace of Monaco, Cecil Beaton, US Admiral Alan G.Kirk, Charles De Gaulle, Cary Grant, Eric Clapton , Jack Nicholson , Ralph Lauren.
MOUNT STREET GARDENS
A public garden created 1889 out of a former burial ground of St George’s , Hanover Square , and named after the Mount Field, an area including a fortification dating from the English Civil War, named Oliver’s Mount.
The gardens footpaths are those originally created 1889, and the bronze drinking fountain was designed in 1891.
The paths are lined with benches, many of which have been donated by families of US citizens who have enjoyed the gardens whilst based at the nearby US embassy or other US institutions nearby.
FARM STREET CHURCH
This church is a Must when visiting London!
A fine Catholic Church in the heart of Mayfair with a vibrant community, where over the years people who wish to become Roman Catholics have come, and there’s many examples of famous people doing this.
The church has also been known for the Arts over the years.
The church has a sculpture of the homeless Jesus laying on a bench.
This church of the Society of Jesus in the Mayfair district of London is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, popularly known as Farm Street Church, harks back to the 1840’s when the Jesuits sought a site for their London Church. The name derives from the Hay Hill Farm that extended in the 18th century eastwards across Berkeley Square and beyond. The church was designed by Joseph John Scales and completed 1849.
The facade in Farm Street is an imitation of the west front of Beauvais Cathedral.
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[@suj3919]

Thanks WOW THAT'S AWESOME 👍✌️👌🤙🤞👊✊😎🙏

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@@suj3919 Cheers, glad you liked it 👍

[@oldtowns]

Another great walking tour video, I love London very much, it is a wonderful city, and one of the cities I want to live in, thank you for the wonderful sharing my friend..

[@travel_and_explore_with_BIP]

Thank you so much my friend! Having lived most of my life in London, I’ve probably only discovered 10% so far, there’s so much to explore, never a dull moment!