Spencer House

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  • Address
    27 St James's Place, St James's, SW1A 1NR
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  • Phone
    7499 8620
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  • Transport
    underground rail: Green Park

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Just outside the park, Spencer House was built for the first Earl Spencer, an ancestor of Princess Diana, in the Palladian style between 1756 and 1766. The Spencers moved out in 1927 and their grand family home was used as an office, until Lord Rothschild stepped in and returned it to its former glory in 1987 with an around £18 million restoration. Visits to the eight lavishly furnished rooms of the house are by guided tour only.

The gardens, returned to their 18th-century design, are open only between and on a couple of Sundays in summer. Combined house/garden tickets are available.