St James's Place

St James's Place is a street in the St James's district of London near Green Park.

[1] It was first developed around 1694, the historian John Strype describing it in 1720 as a "good Street ... which receiveth a fresh Air out of the Park; the Houses are well-built, and inhabited by Gentry ..."[2][3] Henry Benjamin Wheatley wrote in 1870 that it was "one of the oddest built streets in London.

"[3] Spencer House, which was commissioned by the 1st Earl Spencer in 1756, stands at number 27 and is now listed as Grade I.

[4][5] A further thirteen properties are Grade II listed; Number 4 is Grade II* listed.

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