8 & 9 Bentinck Street

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.

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

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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