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The house is <a href="/wiki/Listed_building#England_and_Wales" title="Listed building">Grade I listed</a> on the <a href="/wiki/National_Heritage_List_for_England" title="National Heritage List for England">National Heritage List for England</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NHLE_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NHLE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_history">Early history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spencer_House,_Westminster&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The house was commissioned in 1756 by <a href="/wiki/John_Spencer,_1st_Earl_Spencer" title="John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer">John Spencer</a> (who later became the first <a href="/wiki/Earl_Spencer_(peerage)" class="mw-redirect" title="Earl Spencer (peerage)">Earl Spencer</a>), as he required a large <a href="/wiki/Townhouse_(Great_Britain)" title="Townhouse (Great Britain)">townhouse</a> in London to augment his position and status. The architect he chose was <a href="/wiki/John_Vardy" title="John Vardy">John Vardy</a>, who had studied under <a href="/wiki/William_Kent" title="William Kent">William Kent</a>. Vardy is responsible for the facades of the mansion that we see today. </p><p>In 1758, <a href="/wiki/James_Stuart_(1713%E2%80%931788)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Stuart (1713–1788)">James "Athenian" Stuart</a>, who had studied the arcadian values of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_architecture" title="Ancient Greek architecture">Ancient Greek architecture</a>, replaced Vardy as the architect of the project. As a direct result of this, Spencer House was to have authentic Greek details in the internal decoration, and thus it became one of the first examples in London of the <a href="/wiki/Neoclassicism" title="Neoclassicism">neoclassical</a> style, which was to sweep the country. </p><p>As the home of successive Earls and Countesses Spencer, the staterooms of the house became a theatre for the pageant that was London <a href="/wiki/Upper_class" title="Upper class">high society</a>. Members of the <a href="/wiki/Spencer_family" title="Spencer family">Spencer family</a> occupied the mansion continuously until 1895, when the house was let out. The Spencers returned for a brief time during the first quarter of the 20th century, after which the house was let at various times as either a club or offices. During <a href="/wiki/The_Blitz" title="The Blitz">the Blitz</a> of the Second World War, it was stripped of its few remaining authentic treasures, specially made furniture, and fireplaces. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recent_history">Recent history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spencer_House,_Westminster&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Recent history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Spencer_House,_September_2016_05.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Spencer_House%2C_September_2016_05.jpg/220px-Spencer_House%2C_September_2016_05.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Spencer_House%2C_September_2016_05.jpg/330px-Spencer_House%2C_September_2016_05.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Spencer_House%2C_September_2016_05.jpg/440px-Spencer_House%2C_September_2016_05.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>The north side of Spencer House, with the front door on <a href="/wiki/St_James%27s_Place" title="St James's Place">St James's Place</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Spencer House remains in the ownership of the <a href="/wiki/Earl_Spencer_(peerage)" class="mw-redirect" title="Earl Spencer (peerage)">Earls Spencer</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the current freeholder being <a href="/wiki/Charles_Spencer,_9th_Earl_Spencer" title="Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer">Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer</a>, brother of <a href="/wiki/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales" title="Diana, Princess of Wales">Diana, Princess of Wales</a>. However, since the Second World War, the house has been continuously let out. In 1948 it was leased to <a href="/wiki/Christie%27s" title="Christie's">Christie's</a> auctioneers, in 1956 to the <a href="/wiki/British_Oxygen_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="British Oxygen Company">British Oxygen Company</a>, and in 1963 to the <a href="/wiki/Economist_Intelligence_Unit" title="Economist Intelligence Unit">Economist Intelligence Unit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 25 December 1986, <a href="/wiki/RIT_Capital_Partners" title="RIT Capital Partners">RIT Capital Partners</a>, the family company of <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Rothschild,_4th_Baron_Rothschild" title="Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild">Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild</a>, secured a 96-year lease (with an additional 24-year option) with an annual rent of £85,000.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a restoration, the state rooms and garden were returned to their original appearance. The lease of Spencer House was valued at £35 million in the 2017 annual report of RIT Capital Partners. </p><p>Together with <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_House" title="Lancaster House">Lancaster House</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bridgewater_House,_Westminster" title="Bridgewater House, Westminster">Bridgewater House</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dudley_House,_London" title="Dudley House, London">Dudley House</a> and <a href="/wiki/Apsley_House" title="Apsley House">Apsley House</a>, Spencer House is one of the last of the many aristocratic townhouses which once adorned central London. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spencer_House,_Westminster&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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