L’oscar – the new Central London hotel in Holborn was extravagantly restored by world-leading decorator, Jacques Garcia and L’oscar International.
Speaking to Conde Nast Traveller, Garcia said: “I fell in love with the 19th-century architecture straight away. And within minutes I knew how it would look, how to make this marvellous base sublime.”
The Grade II-listed building was built between 1901 and 1903 and housed the offices of the Union until the move to Didcot in 1989. After being sold to London Underground to make a new entrance to Holborn Tube Station, it lay unoccupied for many years.
The building was briefly used as a hostel for the homeless, but has remained unoccupied after.
It was converted and extended into the 67 room hotel after it was bought by a private buyer having been listed for sale at £19m.
While its rooms and corridors have been lavishly restored, the new owners worked closely with English Heritage and Camden Council to ensure sensitive restoration with many of the building’s period features remaining intact.
The committee room which is now an events space contains a fireplace with an original terracotta carving of a scene from Bunyan’s The Pilgrims Progress.
A mezzanine floor has also been…
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