Admiralty House (London)

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Admiralty House in London was designed by Samuel Pepys Cockerell in the 1770s. It was the official residence of the First Lord of the Admiralty until 1964, and has also been home to several British Prime Ministers when 10 Downing Street was being renovated. Winston Churchill lived in the house while serving as First Lord of the Admiralty. It now contains government function rooms and three ministerial flats [link], in which reside John Prescott, Margaret Beckett and Geoff Hoon. [link]

Admiralty House is part of a complex of former Admiralty buildings and is sometimes confused with the more visible Ripley Building (also known as the Old Admiralty) or the Admiralty Extension. See the Admiralty article for further details.

Admiralty House itself is a fairly small three storey building of yellow brick. The front of the house faces Whitehall but it does not have its own main entrance as it is entered through the Ripley Building. The front facade has a symmetrical facade of three broad bays and one additional small bay at the southern end. Many of the neo-classical interiors survive. The rear facade is of five bays and faces Horse Guards Parade.

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