Aldford_House Knowpia

Aldford House was a grand mansion built on London's Park Lane in 1894–97 for the diamond magnate, Alfred Beit.^[2] The architects were the Scottish partnership of Eustace Balfour and Hugh Thackeray Turner.^[2] Its style was somewhat Jacobean but it was not well-received and was demolished in 1929.^[3] A block of flats with the same name was then constructed on the site by the architectural partnership of George Val Myer and F. J. Watson-Hart, advised by Edwin Lutyens.^[4]

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^ F H W Sheppard, ed. (1980), "Park Lane", Survey of London, vol. 40, the Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 2 (The Buildings), London, pp. 264–289{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b Oliver Bradbury (2008), The Lost Mansions of Mayfair, Historical Publications, p. 105,138, ISBN 9781905286232
^ Anthony Sutcliffe (2006), London: An Architectural History, Yale University Press, p. 149, ISBN 9780300110067
^ Ed Glinert (2012), "Aldford House", The London Compendium, Penguin, p. 359, ISBN 9780718192044

51°30′30″N 0°09′13″W / 51.5084°N 0.1537°W / 51.5084; -0.1537

[SoL-1] F H W Sheppard, ed. (1980), "Park Lane", Survey of London, vol. 40, the Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 2 (The Buildings), London, pp. 264–289{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[LMM-2] Oliver Bradbury (2008), The Lost Mansions of Mayfair, Historical Publications, p. 105,138, ISBN 9781905286232

[LAH-3] Anthony Sutcliffe (2006), London: An Architectural History, Yale University Press, p. 149, ISBN 9780300110067

[LC-4] Ed Glinert (2012), "Aldford House", The London Compendium, Penguin, p. 359, ISBN 9780718192044

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