Bourdon House, Grade II* listed house in Mayfair, City of Westminster, England.
Bourdon House is a four-story brick building at the corner of Davies Street and Bourdon Street in Mayfair, London, with architectural features from the early 18th century. The building has been extended over time and now houses a shop on the ground floor, while the upper floors retain the original structure of the townhouse.
The house was built between 1723 and 1725 under surveyor Thomas Barlow, with Captain William Bourdon as its first resident. A northern wing was added in 1737 and an extra floor was built in the mid-1800s, giving the building its current form.
The house takes its name from its first resident, Captain William Bourdon, and sits in Mayfair, a neighborhood long associated with wealthy Londoners. Today it serves as a Dunhill shop, where visitors can still sense the proportions and layout of a Georgian townhouse behind the retail displays.
The building now operates as a Dunhill shop, so the interior can be visited during retail hours without any special arrangement. The exterior is accessible at any time and is best seen from the corner of Davies Street and Bourdon Street, where the full facade is visible.
The Duke of Westminster used this house as his main home from 1917 to 1953, even though he owned the much larger Grosvenor House nearby. He appeared to prefer a compact townhouse over a grand residence, which says something about how people actually choose to live, even when wealth is not a limit.
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