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Spencer House
Spencer House is an 18th-century aristocratic town house at 27 St James's Place in Westminster, London, long associated with the Spencer family. Built in the neoclassical manner and noted for its formal state rooms, it has been used as a private residence and an events venue and remains under the Spencer freehold.
Its prime
1766
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1766
What Spencer House looked like in its prime.
A formal, three-storey neoclassical town house of pale ashlar Portland stone: a rusticated basement with a row of arched openings, a piano nobile with tall sash windows framed by giant engaged Ionic columns, and a triangular pediment bearing a round oculus and carved laurel swags. A stone balustrade runs along the first-floor terrace and the flat roofline is hidden behind a balustraded parapet topped by classical urns and statuary. The house faces a small clipped lawn and forecourt.
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7 places to explore in 1766.
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Families who held Spencer House.
The families tied to Spencer House across its history, follow a name to its page.
Built 1756-1766 for John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer; the family's London house for generations, and the Spencers retain the freehold to this day.
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