 The couple commissioned the architect Oliver Hill to design two Westminster town houses, naming them both Gayfere House.The first house, built at 12 Gayfere Street (1923–26), had a drawing room completely decorated with gold leaf.The second, at the corner of Gayfere Street and Great Peter Street (1929–32), was decorated in Art Deco style, making much use of mirrored walls and ceilings, most famously in a bathroom called by the Press "Lady Mount Temple's Crystal Palace".