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| hotel_name         = San Domenico House
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| address           = 29-31 Draycott Place, [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]]
| location_city     = [[London]], {{postcode|SW|3|2|SH}}
| location_country  = [[United Kingdom]]
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| operator           = San Domenico Hotels<ref>{{cite web |title=Hotels |url=http://www.sdhotels.it/ |publisher=San Domenico Hotels |access-date=13 August 2020}}</ref>
| owner              = Aldo Melpignano
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| number_of_rooms    = 19
| number_of_suites   = 9
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| website            = {{URL|https://www.sandomenicohouse.com/}}
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'''San Domenico House''' is a [[boutique hotel]] in [[London]], [[England]]. It is a small hotel with 19 rooms, located in [[Kings Road]] at 29-31 Draycott Place in [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]]. Until 2006, It was known as the Sloane Hotel, when it was situated at number 29.<ref name="MF">{{cite web|url=http://www.milesfaster.co.uk/london-hotels/sloane-hotel-london.htm|title=San Domenico London 29 Draycott Place SW3 2SH|work=milesfaster.co.uk|access-date=27 September 2015}}</ref> The hotel is a part of the San Domenico Hotels group, owned by Aldo Melpignano, and it is a sister hotel to the [[Borgo Egnazia]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Turner |first1=Sara |title=Hotelier of the week: Aldo Melpignano |url=https://www.businesstravelnewseurope.com/Management/Hotelier-of-the-week-Aldo-Melpignano |access-date=13 August 2020 |work=Business Travel News |date=28 June 2011}}</ref>

==Architecture and furnishings==
The exterior of the hotel is made of red stone,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/hotels/san-domenico-house|title=San Domenico House|publisher=TimeOut|access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.cntraveller.com/recommended/honeymoons-romantic-breaks/romantic-hotels-in-the-uk-and-ireland/page/san-domenico-house|title=San Domenico House|magazine=[[Condé Nast Traveller]]|access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref>  consisting of two converted Victorian townhouses.<ref name="Independent">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/uk/hotel-of-the-week-san-domenico-house-london-878016.html|title=Hotel Of The Week: San Domenico House, London|newspaper=The Independent|date=26 July 2008|access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref>The lobby is marbled.{{sfn|Brown|2006|p=130}} Neo-classical<ref name="MF"/> Italian{{sfn|Olson|Brewer|Strachan|2012|p=125}}  furnishings are prominent throughout the hotel. It has 19 rooms and suites, which feature a range of antique furniture, tapestries and 19th century European art,{{sfn|Brown|2006|p=130}} including Royal portraits.<ref>{{cite book|title=Time Out London 21st edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k1vCTvtM3-kC&pg=PT499|date=8 February 2013|publisher=Time Out Guides, Ebury Publishing|isbn=978-1-4070-1239-1}}</ref> The reception room of the hotel features a cabinet which displays items such as military medals and evening bags. The drawing room, adjacent to the reception room, has a range of antique furniture from an [[ormolu]] chest of drawers and walnut tallboy, to Empire-era clocks and vases.<ref name="Telegraph"/>  Fiona Duncan of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' highlights the "pretty breakfast room, with its gold chair cushions, lace tablecloths and paintings of flowers and fruit on patterned wallpaper".<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/hubs/ukhotelreviews/2085323/San-Domenico-House-Chelsea-Hotel-review.html|title=San Domenico House, Chelsea: Hotel Guru|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|date=9 June 2009|access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref>

Six of the bedrooms are known as "gallery rooms", which contain [[mezzanine]] sitting areas and silk-canopied four-poster beds,<ref name="Telegraph"/> though the rooms are each unique with a range of different themes and designs from notable designers.<ref name="EH">{{cite web |title=San Domenico House Hotel, London |url=https://www.epoquehotels.com/en/hotels/291-san-domenico-house-hotel-london |access-date=16 July 2016 |publisher=Epoque Hotels}}</ref>  Sarah Barrell of ''[[The Independent]]'' describes Gallery suite 104 as the "brown" room, furnished with "biscuit brown furry throws, dotted with chocolate cushions, heavy brocade curtains".<ref name="Independent"/>  The Deluxe rooms, measuring 30 square feet, are typically furnished with rare Italian artwork, and the original commodes and mirrors from the 19th century.<ref name="EH"/> Duncan notes that several of these older rooms "mix Signora Melpignano’s singular style with antiques and pictures inherited from the Sloane Hotel" but states that the newer rooms are purely Italianate.<ref name="Telegraph"/> The Superior Double rooms measure 27 square feet.

==Services==
Even though San Domenico House does not have its own restaurant, it provides a room service and breakfast. Each room contains a refrigerated minibar, with non-alcoholic drinks, though alcoholic beverages can be ordered from the room service menu. The two double suites on the top floor are intended for large families, and are complemented with a children's menu and games and babysitting services which can be requested.<ref name="Independent"/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|last=Brown|first=Karen|title=Karen Brown's England, Wales and Scotland: Exceptional Places to Stay and Itineraries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WQy_M_y9yCYC&pg=PA130|year=2006|publisher=Karen Brown's Guides|isbn=978-1-933810-02-7}}
*{{cite book|last1=Olson|first1=Donald|last2=Brewer|first2=Stephen|last3=Strachan|first3=Donald|title=Frommer's Great Britain Day by Day|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cxAVBF_pdNwC&pg=PA125|date=14 February 2012|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-64869-8}}

==External links==
* {{Official site|https://www.sandomenicohouse.com/}}

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