Key Details

Overview

Devonshire House is an office building opposite The Ritz London hotel and Green Park in Mayfair, London W1.

The building sits above the Green Park tube station with entrance from Piccadilly.

The current building was designed by Thomas Hastings and completed in 1926. It was named after the London Mansion of the Dukes of Devonshire that once stood on this site.

- Size: 187,000 sq ft (17,400m2)
- Roof terrace on the 3rd floor
- 24h security
- 6x18 person passenger lifts

The nearest underground station is Green Park (Victoria line). The station is right below the building.

History

2020 - JLL successfully advised Bain Capital on their lease re-structuring at Devonshire House. Following a thorough review of the market and assessing Bain Capital’s London office requirements, the decision was taken to extend their tenancy on 48,580 sq ft at Devonshire House and commit long term to the building.

2013 - Grafton Advisers advised the sale in December 2013 at £410m reflecting £2,223psf, setting a new record price per square foot for an office building in the western world at that time.

1926 - The former house was demolished after WWI and a new building is erected by Holland, Hannen & Cubitts.

1737 - A new Devonshire House is built to the Palladian style designs of William Kent by William Cavendish, third Duke of Devonshire (son of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire).

1733 - The old house burns down on 16th October 1733.

1696 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, acquires the building in 1696 and names it Devonshire House.

1673 - Berkeley House was erected on this site for John, Lord Berkeley of Stratton by Hugh May from 1665 to 1673.

References:
1. Old and New London: Volume 4. Originally published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London, 1878; pp273-290 british-history.ac.uk
2. Devonshire House, Wikipedia wikipedia.org