Flemings Mayfair

Hotel in Mayfair, London

Flemings Mayfair

Location within Central London

General information
Location| 7-12 Half Moon Street, Mayfair, London, England
Coordinates| 51°30′33″N 0°8′33″W﻿ / ﻿51.50917°N 0.14250°W﻿ / 51.50917; -0.14250
Opened| 1851
Owner| Gulhati family
Technical details
Floor count| 4
Other information
Number of rooms| 129
Number of suites| 20
Number of restaurants| 1
Parking| Valet parking
Website
flemings-mayfair.co.uk

Flemings Mayfair is a luxury hotel located in the Mayfair area of London, England. It is home to Manetta's Bar, the original hangouts in the 1930s for famous artists and literati of the day; and Ormer Mayfair, a fine-dining restaurant under the direction of Sofian Msetfi. Ormer Mayfair was awarded its first Michelin star in 2024, four AA Rosettes, and is consistently voted one of the top restaurant for fine-dining in London.

## History

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In 1851, Robert Fleming owned and ran a lodging house at number 10 Half Moon Street (believed to have originated in 1730). He started running what he called a 'private hotel' in 1855, at 9 and 10 Half Moon Street.[1]

From 1855 to 1857, George Hudson, MP for Sunderland, owned apartments in the hotel. Hudson, famed as the 'Railway King', was a fraudster who had his downfall when he was discovered to have falsified railway company share prices. He stayed at Flemings when it was not possible for him to be arrested due to his position as MP.[2]

In 1964, Agatha Christie published At Bertram's Hotel, about an up-market hotel which serves as the home base for a sophisticated criminal gang. Christie's official biography claims Flemings as the model for the eponymous hotel, based on correspondence between Christie and her literary agent Edmund Cork.[3]

7, 8 and 9-12 Half Moon Street were originally Georgian townhouses and have been Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England since March 1980.[4][5] The rear of the hotel at 39-42 Clarges Street was a separate hotel before the war, and it is also Grade II listed.[6]

## References

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1. ^ Post Office London Directory (Small Edition), 1852
2. ^ The Railway King: A Biography of George Hudson by Robert Beaumont, 2002, Headline Review
3. ^ Morgan, Janet P. (1986). Agatha Christie : a biography (1st Perennial Library ed.). New York: Perennial Library. p. 338\. ISBN 0-06-097030-8.
4. ^ Historic England, "7 and 8 Half Moon Street (1279404)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 July 2022
5. ^ Historic England, "9-12 Half Moon Street (1066706)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 July 2022
6. ^ Historic England, "39-42 Clarges Street (1066251)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 July 2022

## External links

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* Official website

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