The Park Lane Mews Hotel (formerly the Hilton London Mews Hotel) is a luxury 4-star boutique hotel in London's Mayfair district.
The building, which dates back to 1618, was originally the site of a shepherd’s cottage – known as Mayfair’s oldest house. During the Blitz, in the winter of 1940, the cottage was destroyed when a bomb struck a building opposite.
A plaque above the hotel reads:
On this site,
until destroyed by
bombing during the
winter of 1940,
stood an archway and
Mayfair's oldest house.
‘The Cottage 1618 A.D.'
from where a shepherd
tended his flock
whilst Tyburn
idled nearby.
The hotel building has been updated a number of times over the years.
Mayfair suffered a direct hit during the Blitz of winter 1940 and the area’s oldest cottage, which had an inscription over its doorway ‘The Cottage, 1618 A.D’ was destroyed. This little shepherd’s cottage was crushed under the blast from a bomb which had struck a public house opposite. Its James I rafters were left lying on a pile of rubble in its tiny garden.