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2 Marsham Street is an office building on Marsham Street in the City of Westminster, London, and headquarters of the Home Office and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (and its predecessor bodies), departments of the British Government, since March 2005.
The western end of the building, on Horse Guards Road, is known as 1 Horse Guards Road (1HGR) and is occupied by HM Treasury, UK Export Finance, the Government Internal Audit Agency, the Northern Ireland Office, the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons, the Office of the Leader of the House of Lords and parts of the Cabinet Office, including the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel.
Westminster Hall is a large medieval great hall and the oldest surviving palace building. [101] It was erected in 1097 for William II ("William Rufus"), at which point it was the largest hall in Europe. [102] The building has had various functions over the years, including being used for judicial purposes from the twelfth to the nineteenth ...
It was well known as the main location for the UK Home Office between 1978 and 2004, when it was known as 50 Queen Anne's Gate; it now houses departments including the Ministry of Justice, His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service, the Crown Prosecution Service, and the Government Legal Department. The building is 56 metres (184 ft) high, with ...
Aerial view of the area of the Parliamentary Estate. The Parliamentary Estate is the land and buildings used by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.. The most notable part of the Parliamentary Estate is the Palace of Westminster, where the chambers of both houses of Parliament (the Commons and the Lords) are located. [1]
Portcullis House (PCH) is an office building in Westminster, London, England, that was commissioned in 1992 and opened in 2001 to provide offices for 213 members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and their staff. The public entrance is on the Embankment.
In the late 19th century the parishes of St Margaret and St John held their meetings at the old Westminster Town Hall in Caxton Street. [1] However, after the enlarged Metropolitan Borough of Westminster was formed in 1900, [2] civic leaders decided the Caxton Street building was inadequate for their needs, and decided to find larger facilities; they selected an existing building in Charing ...
Westminster Hall is a medieval great hall which is part of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. It was erected in 1097 for William II (William Rufus), at which point it was the largest hall in Europe. [1] The building has had various functions over the years, including being used for judicial purposes from the twelfth to the nineteenth ...