Monster Hunters by Gaslight - Whitechapel, London, Hell?

[Dalillama]

Originally Posted by Icelander

*Which is either a hotel, if there are any suitable ones for a couple of months stay in London before the opening of the Savoy, or a rented furnished apartment.

There should be; Claridge's opened in 1812 as Mivart's, and was sufficiently luxurious to host the Empress of France. It was later bought out by the Savoy Group in 1894.