Home Office in Whitehall
Home Office in Whitehall
Record No
168100
Title
Home Office in Whitehall
Description
Front elevation of Home Office, Whitehall, City of Westminster. Whitehall runs south from Trafalgar Square towards Parliament Square, the site previously occupied by the Palace of Whitehall, the residence of Kings Henry VIII through to William III, before it was destroyed by fire in 1698. The North Block of a massive building planned around courtyards to an 1861 design, completed 1873, by Sir George Gilbert Scott with Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt. It fronts on to Downing Street, Horse Guards Road, King Charles Street and Whitehall. At the time containing the Home Office, Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Relations Office. The building is Grade I listed number 1066102.On the South Wing are statues of previous Ministers for Home Affairs by John Birnie Philip. Facing Whitehall Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Home Secretary 1859-60; William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Home Secretary (1830-1834) and Prime Minister (1834 and 1835-1841); Sir Robert Peel twice Prime Minister (1834-35 and 1841-46), Home Secretary 1822-27 and 1828-29. Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, the youngest and longest-serving Prime Minister (1812-27); Home Secretary 1804-06 and 1807-09. Facing King Charles Street, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister from 1806 to 1807, and Home Secretary 1779-81; Sir James Graham, Home Secretary 1841-46; Sir George Grey, Home Secretary 1846-52, 1855-58, 1861-66; John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister (1846-52 and 1865-66), and Home Secretary 1835-39. In Whitehall the Cenotaph by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the principal national memorial to the dead of Britain and the British Empire in World War I and subsequent conflicts. It remains the focal point of the annual Remembrance Day commemorations. It is Grade I listed number 1357354.
Date of execution
1971
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_546_71_3066
London picture map location
Exact
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