Colonial Office building, Whitehall

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The Colonial Office building in Whitehall is a grand 19th-century government edifice in central London that historically housed the British Empire’s colonial administration.


Statements (29)
Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century building
government building
office building
adjacentTo other Whitehall government buildings
architecturalStyle Victorian architecture
associatedWith British Empire
Colonial Office
category Buildings and structures in the City of Westminster
Government buildings in the United Kingdom
Office buildings in London
country United Kingdom
era 19th century
hasFunction administrative centre
office space for civil servants
heritageStatus historic building
historicalFunction headquarters of the British Empire’s colonial administration
locatedIn City of Westminster
England
London
United Kingdom
Whitehall
central London
operator Government of the United Kingdom
owner Government of the United Kingdom
partOf Foreign and Commonwealth Office building complex
significance symbol of British imperial administration
streetAddress Whitehall
usedFor colonial administration
government offices

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Colonial Office building, Whitehall ("Foreign and Commonwealth Office building complex")
partOf
India Office ("India Office building, Whitehall")
residence
Colonial Office
usedBuilding

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