Foreign and Commonwealth Office building, London

E272835

19th-century building Victorian architecture government building office building

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office building in London is a grand 19th-century government edifice designed in an ornate Victorian style by architect George Gilbert Scott.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
FCO building	1
Foreign Office building	1
Foreign and Commonwealth Office building	1
Foreign and Commonwealth Office building, London canonical	1
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (building)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century building ⓘ Victorian architecture ⓘ government building ⓘ office building ⓘ
architect	George Gilbert Scott ⓘ Sir Henry Tanner ⓘ surface form: Henry Tanner Matthew Digby Wyatt ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Italianate ⓘ Renaissance Revival ⓘ Victorian ⓘ
builtFor	Colonial Office ⓘ Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ surface form: Foreign Office Home Office ⓘ India Office in London ⓘ surface form: India Office
category	Foreign relations of the United Kingdom (historical) ⓘ surface form: Foreign relations of the United Kingdom Government buildings in Westminster ⓘ
constructionEnd	1868 ⓘ
constructionStart	1861 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currentOccupant	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ⓘ
formerOccupant	Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Foreign and Commonwealth Office building, London ⓘ surface form: FCO building Foreign and Commonwealth Office building, London ⓘ surface form: Foreign Office building
hasFeature	arcaded courtyards ⓘ central courtyard ⓘ decorative frescoes ⓘ grand staircase ⓘ opulent state rooms ⓘ ornate interiors ⓘ sculptural decoration ⓘ
heritageDesignationBy	Historic England ⓘ
heritageStatus	Grade I listed building ⓘ
inaugurationYear	1868 ⓘ
locatedIn	City of Westminster ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
locatedNear	Downing Street ⓘ Palace of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Houses of Parliament Whitehall ⓘ
locatedOn	King Charles Street ⓘ
maintainedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: UK Government
officialName	Foreign and Commonwealth Office building, London self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Foreign and Commonwealth Office building
owner	His Majesty’s Government ⓘ surface form: His Majesty's Government
partOf	UK government estate ⓘ
region	England ⓘ
usedFor	diplomatic receptions ⓘ government offices ⓘ international conferences ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Gilbert Scott → notableWork → Foreign and Commonwealth Office building, London ⓘ

Westminster, London, England → contains → Foreign and Commonwealth Office building, London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (building)

Foreign and Commonwealth Office building, London → officialName → Foreign and Commonwealth Office building, London self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign and Commonwealth Office building

Foreign and Commonwealth Office building, London → hasAlternativeName → Foreign and Commonwealth Office building, London ⓘ

this entity surface form: FCO building

Foreign and Commonwealth Office building, London → hasAlternativeName → Foreign and Commonwealth Office building, London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Office building