The hotel opened in 1927 as The Park Lane Hotel to designs by architects Adie, Button and Partners,[2] in a grand Art Deco style, and was constructed by the developer Sir Bracewell Smith.

[3] The building is a fine example with a mansard roof and Portland stone facade.

The building is Grade II listed and has 303 bedrooms on eight floors with the front overlooking Green Park towards Buckingham Palace.

Starwood sold its leasehold on the hotel to Sir Richard Sutton's Settled Estates in 2014,[5] but continues to operate the property, under a long-term management contract.

[7] The hotel is featured in the films The End of the Affair (1999), The Golden Compass (2007), and the television miniseries The Winds of War (1983).