50 Queen Anne's Gate

50 Queen Anne's Gate is an office block in Westminster, London, overlooking St James's Park, which was the main location for the UK Home Office department betweeen 1978 and 2004. Download high resolution version (600x907, 160 KB) The Home Office, London. ... Download high resolution version (600x907, 160 KB) The Home Office, London. ... Westminster is the area located immediately to the west of the ancient City of London, in the centre of the wider conurbation of London. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... St. ... The modern concept of Small Office and Home Office or SoHo , or Small or Home Office deals with the category of business which can be from 1 to 10 workers. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The building is 56m (184ft) high, with 14 floors providing 51,000 sq m (550,000 sq ft) of office space. Designed by Basil Spence, it was completed in 1976 and is now owned by Land Securities. It is not favourably regarded architecturally, except by enthusiasts of Brutalism; Fodor's guide to London described it as "hulking", and Lord St John of Fawsley remarked that "Basil Spence's barracks in Hyde Park ruined that park; in fact, he has the distinction of having ruined two parks, because of his Home Office building, which towers above St James's Park." Sir Basil Spence (13 August 1907_19 November 1976 was a notable Scottish architect, most famously associated with the Cathedral in Coventry, but also responsible for numerous other buildings in the Modernist style. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Land Securities Group plc is a leading British property development and investment company headquartered in central London. ... Brutalism is an architectural style that spawned from the Modernist architectural movement and which flourished from the 1950s to the 1970s. ... Norman Anthony Francis St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, PC (born May 18, 1929), is a British Conservative politician, author and barrister. ... Also known as Knightsbridge Barracks, this is the base for the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, which is horsed and carries out mounted (and some dismounted) ceremonial duties on State and Royal occasions in London. ... Hyde Park is the name of: Hyde Park, a Royal Park in London (the original location) Hyde Park in Sydney - a park some places in the United States of America: Hyde Park, Massachusetts Hyde Park, New York - a town in Dutchess County, New York Hyde Park, Vermont - a town Hyde...

In 2004 the Home Office moved to a new building at 2 Marsham Street designed by Terry Farrell. The Queen Anne's Gate building is undergoing a refurbishment as of 2005 and from 2007 will be home to the Department for Constitutional Affairs. 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Terry Farrell may refer to: The actress Terry Farrell, most famous for playing Jadzia Dax on Deep Space Nine. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) is a United Kingdom government department. ...