Report on Spencer’s House 
      The Spencer’s House (St. James's, London), a big mansion, is symbolic of the rich heritage of Britain as a monarchy. Within this context, the Spencer’s House represents the Spencer Family, which is based on male lineage. Besides, the historical and architectural significance of the Spencer’s House retells the importance of this mansion in British history and architecture.  
A. Historical significance
      As pointed out, the Spencer’s House is connected with the history of Britain. The Spencer’s House was commissioned in the year 1756 by John, the first Earl Spencer. The Spencer’s House was constructed according to the status of the Spencer family. As the Spencer family was a noble family, the construction of a mansion according to their lifestyle was utmost important. Now, Spencer’s House is the most important private palace in London, which symbolizes the British history in 18th century. 
      The mansion underwent remodeling in the year 1783. The Spencer family used the mansion as their private house till the end of 1895. But during wartime, the Spencer family allowed the government to use their mansion for nursing services. This proves the role played by Spencer’s House during wartime. Later in 1956, the Spencer’s House was totally converted into a number of offices. At present, the Spencer’s House is with its 18th century appearance, underwent renovation and is open to public on Sundays. In short, the historical significance of Spencer’s House is interconnected with Britain’s transformation from monarchy to industrialization. 
B. Architectural significance 
      The Spencer’s House’s architectural work was undertaken by a famous architect, namely John Vardy. The responsibility to complete the external elevation, ground floor design etc., was fully vested upon Vardy. But in 1758, another architect, namely James Stuart undertook the work. Stuart was deeply influenced by the Greek model of architecture and this can be seen in the Spencer’s House’s interior decoration. From a different angle of view, both the architects were deeply influenced by Greek style and this is evident in the construction of Spencer’s House. In short, the Spencer’s House is one of the best examples of neo-classical architecture. 
      Again in 1783, the Spencer’s House underwent architectural renovation, undertaken by another architect, namely Henry Holland. During this time, the dining room, staircase, hall, library etc underwent renovation. In the year 1942, the content of Spencer’s House was totally transported to Althorp. Later, almost all the content (say, art pieces) were reconstructed by copying the original art pieces kept at Althorp. During the restoration work, most of the art pieces were recreated and the Spencer’s House regained its past glory (Jones, 2005, p. 263). This attempt was so helpful to regain the past architectural elegance of the Spencer’s House, especially interior decoration, furniture and art pieces. In short, the architectural significance of Spencer’s House is interconnected with the influence of Greek architecture over British style. 
      Summing, the Spencer’s House’s historical significance is related to the British history, i.e. transformation from Monarchy to industrialization and modernity. On the other side, its architectural significance is interconnected with neo-classical architecture and the amalgamation of Greek and British architecture in general. 

References 
Jones, NR 2005, Architecture of England, Scotland, and Wales, Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport.