Leisure
St Ermin's Hotel
St Ermin's Hotel is a Grade II-listed Victorian building which was originally built as one of the early mansion blocks in London and converted into a hotel in 1899. The building is named after an ancient monastery that was said to have occupied the building prior to the 10th century. During the Second World War, the horse-shoe shaped mansion block was used as a meeting place for the British Intelligence Services - it is also where double agents Philby and MacLean met their Russian handlers.