Ministry of Defence Main Building, Whitehall

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government office building headquarters building

The Ministry of Defence Main Building in Whitehall is the central London headquarters of the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence and the primary office of the country’s senior defence leadership.

Aliases (4)

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government office building → headquarters building →
architect	E. Vincent Harris →
architecturalStyle	neoclassical architecture →
builtFor	Admiralty → Air Ministry → War Office →
constructionEndDate	1959 →
constructionStartDate	1938 →
country	United Kingdom →
currentUse	offices of the Ministry of Defence →
function	headquarters of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence → primary office of the United Kingdom’s senior defence leadership →
hasFeature	central courtyard → internal atria → secure offices for senior defence staff →
hasTenant	Chief of the Defence Staff’s office → Office of the Secretary of State for Defence → senior military and civilian defence leadership offices →
heritageStatus	Grade I listed building →
inaugurationDate	1959 →
locatedIn	City of Westminster → London → Whitehall → central London →
maintainedBy	Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) →
material	Portland stone →
nearby	Downing Street → Horse Guards Parade → Houses of Parliament → River Thames →
numberOfStoreys	7 →
occupant	Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) →
owner	UK Government →
partOf	UK government estate in Whitehall →
previousName	Whitehall Gardens Building →
previousSiteUse	Whitehall Palace gardens →
refurbishmentCompletionDate	2004 →
renovation	major refurbishment in early 2000s →
securityLevel	high-security government facility →
streetAddress	Whitehall →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chief of the Air Staff ("Ministry of Defence Main Building, London") → First Sea Lord ("Ministry of Defence, London") → Second Sea Lord ("Ministry of Defence Main Building, London") →	seat
Air Ministry building, London ("Ministry of Defence Main Building") → Earl Haig Memorial ("Ministry of Defence Main Building") →	locatedNear
Westminster, London, England ("Ministry of Defence Main Building") →	contains
Whitehall ("Ministry of Defence Main Building") →	hasGovernmentBuilding
Whitehall ("Ministry of Defence Main Building") →	hasLandmark
Defence Intelligence (United Kingdom) ("Main Building, Ministry of Defence") →	headquartersLocation
Secretary of State for Defence →	locationOfOffice
Defence Council of the United Kingdom →	meetsAt