Brown Hart Gardens is a raised terraced garden in Mayfair, immediately south of London’s Oxford Street.
Brown Hart Gardens was built in 1906 above the old Duke Street electricity substation. Architect Sir Stanley Peach covered the substation with a 950 sq. metre roof, a domed gazebo and steps at either end.
The deck has been resurfaced with French Villebois Limestone, and the drainage system redesigned to drain water to a perimeter channel offering greater protection for the substation below. A water feature, designed by Andrew Ewing, is situated in one of the garden’s original stone seats.
Trees and plants have been planted at the perimeter in special planters that are also power units and contain lights illuminating the deck. The planters and seats in the middle of the deck can be moved around into a variety of configurations allowing flexible planting schemes to add interest to the gardens through the seasons.
We have also completed significant public realm work on Duke Street, on which Brown Hart Gardens is located. Our public realm improvement scheme across Mayfair and Belgravia supports our aim to create better places for people to live, work and visit and complements significant investment in the area, through our South Molton scheme and the transformation of Grosvenor Square.