22 Jermyn Street

22 Jermyn Street is a former luxury hotel in London, England. It is located in St James's in the centre of London's West End, 75 yards from Piccadilly Circus. Jermyn Street began construction in 1664.The first house was built on the site of 22 Jermyn Street in about 1685 and during the 18th century it was occupied by tradesmen who served the grandees of St James's Square. However, even since 1685 it functioned as a hotel with tradesmen supplementing their incomes by sub-letting the top rooms as residential chambers to the wealthy men-about-town. By 1861 the occupier was an Italian silk merchant, Cesare Salvucci. Around 1876 it was purchased by a military tailor who amongst his lodgers included banker Theodore Rothschild. The current...