Drawing Spencer House in 2 Simple Ways

How to Draw Spencer House in 2 Simple Ways

    Spencer House is a historic house located at 27 St James's Place Westminster, Greater London, UK. John Spencer received this house in 1756. John Vardy, who trained under William Kent, was the building's architect. John Vardy was succeeded in 1758 by James "Athenian" Stuart. Thus, Spencer House had Greek details in its internal decoration and was London's first neoclassical style. Spencer House was one of the aristocratic townhouses that historically graced central London, until recently. In this article, I will guide you to draw Spencer House in 2 simple ways. So, let's get started!

Tools I Used:

1. Paper size: A4 (210 x 297 mm)
2. Drawing pens: 003 and 01
3. Pencil: B
4. Eraser
5. Straight ruler (15 cm, 20 cm, 30 cm) and shape ruler

How to Draw The Building?

Step 1 - Making basic lines

    Divide the building into 4 parts vertically, then make 4 lines horizontally. Determine the midpoint of the line and draw a triangle on the roof of the building. 

    Draw lines vertically at the bottom of the building's roof triangle and draw 6 poles at the same distance. Draw 5 windows between each pole at the same size. For the roof of the windows, draw 3 triangle shapes and 2 semicircle shapes. Draw a fence at the bottom of the windows.

    For the second floor, draw 5 windows at the same size as the third-floor windows. Draw semicircle shapes on the roof of the windows. Draw a fence at the bottom of the second-floor window.

    For the first floor, draw 7 windows of the same size with semicircular shapes on the roof. 

    Draw fences on the right and left sides of the building roof. Draw a circle and wing shape on the roof of the building. Draw lines for making bricks in a zig-zag manner.

    Add vertical lines on the right side of the building and draw two windows at the top and bottom.

Step 2 - Making final lines and detailing

    Thick the lines that have been drawn with drawing pens 003 and 01. Shade the bricks using the hatching method.

    

    Therefore, these are 2 simple ways to draw Spencer House. After you learn about how to draw this building, you can learn about how to draw other buildings in UK, like Big Ben, Liver Building, and Houghton Hall.