Townhouse (Great Britain)
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In British usage, the term townhouse originally referred to the opulent town or city residence of a member of the nobility or gentry, as opposed to their country seat, generally known as a country hou
Spencer House in St James's, London, one of the last surviving true townhouses still owned by the noble family that built it, the Spencers, although it is now generally leased out commercially. The corresponding country house is Althorp in Northamptonshire.
Northumberland House by Canaletto, 1752. The Strand front of Northumberland House, the townhouse of the Dukes of Northumberland. Note the "Percy Lion" atop the central façade.
Devonshire House, Piccadilly, in 1896
Leicester House on Leicester Fields, 1748
Spencer House, Westminster
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Spencer House is a historic town house at 27 St James's Place in the St James's area of Westminster, Greater London, England. The house is Grade I listed on the National Heritage List for England.
Townhouse (Great Britain)
…Somerset House, Strand Spencer House, formerly the London residence of the Earls Spencer Stratford House, built 1770–66 by Edward Stratford, 2nd Earl of Aldborough…
View of the house, circa 1800
No. 28 St James's Place, London, constructed as a Dower House for Spencer House
The north side of Spencer House, with the front door on St James's Place