Mayfair is an affluent area of Westminster, London, England, in the City of Westminster. It is in Central London and part of the West End. It is between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Pa
The Biltmore Mayfair overlooking Grosvenor Square
Central Mayfair showing Mount Street, Carlos Place, the Connaught hotel and the Tadao Ando fountain 'Silence' (photograph taken from outside Mayfair House)
Grosvenor Square is the centrepiece of Mayfair, and named after the family name of the Dukes of Westminster.
Statue of William Pitt the Younger in Hanover Square
Grosvenor Square is a large garden square in the Mayfair district of Westminster, Greater London. It is the centrepiece of the Mayfair property of the Duke of Westminster, and takes its name from the
Mayfair
…acquired the land through marriage and began to develop it under the direction of Thomas Barlow. The work included Hanover Square, Berkeley Square and Grosvenor Square, which were surrounded by high-quality houses, and St George's Hanover Square Church. By the end of the 18th century, most of Mayfair had been rebuilt…
The central garden in Grosvenor Square, now a public park (pictured November 2008)
Macdonald House as seen in 2009. It has since been largely demolished (its facade front ls still preserved), but was the U.S. Embassy from 1938 to 1960, and then used by the High Commission of Canada from 1961 to 2014.
The Eero Saarinen designed former American embassy building (1960–2018) on the western side of Grosvenor Square is now a hotel