The garden is the surprise at Number Sixteen Hotel. Behind a white-stucco South Kensington townhouse, mature planting, a koi pond and secluded seating create far more outdoor space than its 41-room scale suggests. Kit Kemp’s interiors use colour, pattern, original art and individually selected furniture throughout the bedrooms and small public rooms. Working fireplaces remain in the Drawing Room and Library. The Orangery opens directly towards the garden and gives the ground floor the ease of a private house. Sumner Place is quiet, yet South Kensington station and the museums of Exhibition Road are close enough to reach on foot within minutes.