Foreign Office building

City of Westminster, United Kingdom

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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The Foreign Office building in Westminster is a Grade I listed structure completed in 1868, designed by Matthew Digby Wyatt and George Gilbert Scott as a government office in the Renaissance Revival style. Built during a period of expanding British imperial administration, the building represents a significant example of mid-Victorian public architecture and remains a landmark of administrative authority in the heart of London.