Something to mews on

• Most mews houses had a tunnel under the garden that connected with the basement of the house they serviced, so that servants could slip in and out without being noticed • The majority were originally built without windows at the back, to avoid the peeking eyes of servants • There are more mews in the City of Westminster (195) than any other London borough • London’s longest mews is Pavilion Road, Chelsea, at just over 900 yards • Bruce Reynolds is said to have planned the Great Train Robbery in a pub in Belgrave Mews West, Knightsbridge