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at a cost of £140 million, were completed in 2002. The refurbishment of 1 Horse Guards Road added floor space which allowed the entire Treasury staff to be housed in the same building for the first time for some 50 years.
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Office; HM Treasury moved into the building in 1940.In the early 1970s, the building also housed several departments of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, primarily in the west half of the building.
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Inigo Jones's unused 1638 design for a new Whitehall Palace, engraved by an assistant and eventually published in 1749.
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The GOGGS central circular courtyard and King Charles Street outside were used as the start of a London streetrace in
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entering the War Rooms for the first time. Later in the film GOGGS is shown in an aerial shot.
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The GOGGS King Charles Street facade and central circular courtyard were used in the film
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moved into 1 Horse Guards Road and 100 Parliament Street respectively.
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working in the building are entitled to visit the War Rooms for free.
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following a competition in 1898; the design was "derived from
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The Eastern end of Government Offices Great George St, from
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A major refurbishment of the building was procured under a
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An aerial shot of the building is used in the TV series
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Grade II* listed buildings in the City of Westminster
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together with Feilden and Mawson and carried out by
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contract in 2000. The works, which were designed by
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Index

100 Parliament Street
Government Offices for the English Regions

Parliament Square
Westminster
UK government
Westminster
Horse Guards Road
Great George Street
Parliament Street
Parliament Square
Horse Guards Road
Parliament Street

John Brydon
Inigo Jones
Whitehall Palace
Board of Education
Local Government Board
Ministry of Works
private finance initiative
Foster and Partners
Bovis Lend Lease
HM Revenue and Customs
Somerset House
Northern Ireland Office
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Horse Guards Road
HM Treasury
UK Export Finance

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