The Portrait
Ashburn Place is a side street off Cromwell Road in SW7, and the tube at Gloucester Road is 220 metres from the door. That station is the reason to choose this address over a prettier one: the Piccadilly line reaches Heathrow in about fifty-five minutes without a change, and central London in twenty. If you arrive long-haul with luggage and a family, that is worth more than a view.
Ninety-eight apartments, one to three bedrooms, with three five-bedroom penthouses on the upper floors. Most have a balcony. The apartments are organised by floor band, so ask which floor you are being quoted, not just which category. Downstairs there is a twelve-seat private cinema called The Picture House, secure underground parking, and a gym open around the clock — the parking is the rarest of the three in this postcode.
No rate is published on the operator’s own site. The front office has its own direct line and its own email, both above, and both are answered by the building rather than a call centre.
Who it suits: a family stay of a week or a season in Kensington, with the museums walkable, the airport direct, and a car that has somewhere to go.
Written by the Selloua editors from the address’s own published facts. Nothing in this entry was paid for.