London hotel Templeton Garden, the latest launch from new lifestyle brand Miiro Hotels, has revealed details of its interior design.

Located in Earl’s Court, Templeton Garden comprises 156 rooms, alongside a café-meets-deli, modern British restaurant and cocktail bar. Wellness amenities include a gym and a Refresh Room, a Miiro signature feature that allows guests to freshen up at any time, including before check-in and after check-out. Upholding the area’s leafy heritage, a landscaped garden serves as the green heart of the hotel.

Overseen by James Thurstan Waterworth of design studio Thurstan, interiors embrace the building’s historical architecture, incorporating traditional shapes and details throughout. Subtle elements from the leafy green exterior have been woven into the bar, restaurant and the property’s carefully curated artworks, with a goal to create a space with dynamic energy and a comfortable atmosphere. The design studio has used upcycled materials and antique furniture, sourced locally and the result of collaboration with London-based craftspeople.  

“Working with old buildings is always a fascinating process – there’s a unique thrill in engaging with their history, stories and the energy they’ve accumulated over the years,” says Thurstan Waterworth. “Bringing together an incredible team of British designers has been such a collaborative experience, and the synergy formed has resulted in a unique, serene space that we are looking forward to guests experiencing.”

Holland Harvey, London based architecture and interior design studio, is the lead consultant on the project, tasked with overseeing the complete refurbishment of the property, including structural works, designing the extension into the garden and managing interior design expectations. The design inspiration behind the garden extension was a typical Victorian orangery, which has been reimagined with a contemporary architectural language.

In the hotel’s bar, interior art studio Cox London has been commissioned to design and craft a custom lighting sculpture, with the aim to create an organic, artistic spectacle. The installation, hand-forged in metal, features an illuminated oak branch chandelier that echoes the surrounding parks, with each leaf hand-painted using a unique patina recipe that borrows from nature’s late summer palette.

Templeton Garden’s restaurant and bar is home to a unique mural, designed and hand-painted on site by decorative artist Tess Newall. The brief was to create a piece that draws inspiration from the foliage growing in the property’s garden and references the name of the bar, Sprout. Newall has painted softly layered silhouettes of branches into a textured lime wash background, incorporating new leaves and buds growing on the occasional branch. Inspired by the delicate shadows and silhouettes of sunlight coming through swaying tree canopies, the mural uses an earthy colour palette that pairs coherently with Cox London’s oak branch chandelier. 

Artstory was tasked with curating an art collection for display throughout the hotel, from public spaces to guestrooms and suites. The studio collaborated with contemporary British painter Bethany Holmes to bring her abstract originals to the restaurant, bar and library. Guestrooms also showcase a limited-edition piece by Holmes next to the headboard. Other works chosen by Artstory keep the local neighbourhood at their core, for instance through subtle references to Earl’s Court’s rich creative heritage, as well as the history of Kensington as a borough.

CREDITS
Photography: © James McDonald