THE FOREIGN OFFICE BUILDING TO BE DEMOLISHED.—Two interior views of the building in Whitehall which houses the Foreign, Home, and Commonwealth Relations Offices. Designed by Sir Gilbert Scott and first occupied in 1868, the building has become uneconomical to modernise and will be replaced by a new block on the same site. LEFT: Two frock-coated messengers, whose proper title is office keepers, in one of the numerous corridors. RIGHT: The grand staircase. The statue is that of George Villiers, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1853 to 1858. The vast, old building, which houses a staff of nearly 2000, has ornate marble halls and seemingly-endless corridors, and is deemed unsuited to present-day conditions. It was recently described as “a noted piece of High Victoriana.”

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30368, 18 February 1964, Page 11

THE FOREIGN OFFICE BUILDING TO BE DEMOLISHED.—Two interior views of the building in Whitehall which houses the Foreign, Home, and Commonwealth Relations Offices. Designed by Sir Gilbert Scott and first occupied in 1868, the building has become uneconomical to modernise and will be replaced by a new block on the same site. LEFT: Two frock-coated messengers, whose proper title is office keepers, in one of the numerous corridors. RIGHT: The grand staircase. The statue is that of George Villiers, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1853 to 1858. The vast, old building, which houses a staff of nearly 2000, has ornate marble halls and seemingly-endless corridors, and is deemed unsuited to present-day conditions. It was recently described as “a noted piece of High Victoriana.”