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FORMER U.S. EMBASSY
24 Grosvenor Square

For more than a half-century, from 1960 to 2017, this impressive 9-story (3 below ground) building, designed by American architect Eero Saarinen, housed the United States Embassy in London.

The United States has had a long association with Grosvenor Square. When then-future-president John Adams served as the United States' first minister to Great Britain, following the American War for Independence, he lived at the opposite end of the square. From 1938 to 1960, a period that encompassed World War II and the first 15 years of the "Cold War," the Embassy was housed in a existing building at 1 Grosvenor Square (today, an apartment block).

Currently, the former Embassy at 24 Grosvenor Square is undergoing transformation into a luxury hotel called The Chancery, Rosewood. It is due to open for business in 2025. Only the interior is being changed. The outside of the building will remain the same. Even the large aluminum American Eagle, which overspread its wings at the top front of the building will remain as a reminder of its glory days.