8 and 9 Bentinck Street

9 Bentinck Street, Marylebone, former home of James Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Institution.

8 and 9 Bentinck Street are adjacent grade II listed terraced houses in Bentinck Street, in the City of Westminster, London. Number 8 was completed around 1780,[1] and number 9 in 1780–90.[2] A blue plaque notes the fact that James Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Institution, once lived at number 9.

References

  1. ^ Historic England. "8, Bentinck Street W1 (1218344)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  2. ^ Historic England. "9, Bentinck Street W1 (1357188)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 November 2016.

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