Grosvenor House, 1926-8, elevations by Lutyens
A Walking Tour through Mayfair and the Grosvenor Estate
Saturday, 21 September, 2024, 10:30am-3pm
Meeting place: centre of the green at St James’s Square, London SW1Y 4LE
This will take in buildings and works designed by Lutyens or those associated in some way with him. It will begin at St James’s Square, where Lutyens’s office was based during the building of New Delhi. We will then progress towards Piccadilly, the Royal Academy of Arts and into the Grosvenor Eastate, with over 15 works by Lutyens, taking in memorials and street clocks, and housings of all sized, before arriving at Marble Arch and the grand Oxford Street building which is now a Primark. There will be free-time to have lunch (not included).
This event is open to both members and guests. Price includes personal audio headsets.
Directions
Public Transport
The nearest Railway Station is Charing Cross, a 10-15 minute walk to the meeting point. By tube: the nearest stations are Green Park (Jubilee, Piccadilly and Victoria), Piccadilly Circus (Bakerloo & Piccadilly) and Charing Cross (Bakerloo & Northern), all within 10-15 minutes of the meeting point.
At the end, the nearest tube stations are Marble Arch (Central), and Bond Street (Elizabeth, Central & Jubilee)
Online bookings
Please make your booking online through PayPal using your credit / debit card or PayPal account.
Manual bookings
If you wish to pay with a cheque, please use the online booking facility above, and then choose the “pay by cheque” option on the payments screen. This will reserve you a ticket(s) and give you instructions on where to send your cheque to. All cheques should be made payable to “The Lutyens Trust” and made to the appropriate amount, and to include an additional £3 banking charge per cheque.
Rebecca Lilley