The Palm Room, Spencer House
Details
The magnificent Spencer House is one of the finest surviving mansions in London. Built for the 1st Earl Spencer and his wife Georgiana Poyntz between 1756-66, the house is celebrated for its glorious interiors designed by John Vardy and James Athenian Stuart.
Venue
Spencer House, 27 St James’s Place, London SW1A 1NR
Event Organisers
Sarah Bowles and Philippa Barton
Cost
Cost of the visit is £52 - plus Eventbrite booking fee
The visit is limited to eighteen
Programme
10.30am
Morning Coffee
11.00am
Private visit to Spencer House with Victoria Wilson, Collections Manager, Spencer House
Rapturous accounts of the glories of Spencer House appeared soon after its completion in 1766; I know not in England a more beautiful place of architecture. Nor is the fitting up and furniture of the rooms inferior to the beauties of the outside (Adam Smith in 1769). The house was built in 1756-66 for John, 1st Earl Spencer and is the finest surviving townhouse in London. Its splendid interiors include the enchanting Palm Room designed by John Vardy and James Stuart’s Painted Room which, with its superb furniture, is one of the earliest neo-classical interiors in the country.