Hotel 167 – a boutique townhouse hotel in London’s South Kensington – has been sold after 30 years in the same ownership.

The property is the subject (and title) of a novel by Jane Solomons, not to mention an unreleased song by the Manic Street Preachers.

A Victorian end-of-terrace property on the corner of Old Brompton Road and Cresswell Gardens, Hotel 167 is close to many local bars and restaurants and a short distance from Chelsea and the West End.

It offers 19 bedrooms that have been designed in a variety of colour schemes, styles and motifs

The London office of Christie + Co sold the freehold off a guide price of £2.675m on behalf of a brother-and-sister team to first-time buyer Mr I Khan.

By Angela Frewin