26 St James's Place

[1] It is built with reinforced concrete clad with Baveno grey granite and white vitreous mosaic on the soffits.

[1] In 1960, it was awarded the RIBA London Architecture Bronze Medal.

[2] It replaced a house built in about 1692, and destroyed by German bombing in World War II.

[3] Notable residents included Sir John Harpur, and Lieutenant-General Sir John Cope, who demolished it in 1745 and built a larger house, where he lived until his death in 1760.

[3] Later occupants included Richard Rigby, Richard Vernon, Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington, who extended the house, and the Dowager Lady Arden.