2 Marsham Street

Home Office Building
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General information
StatusCompleted
Address2 Marsham Street, SW1P 4DF
Town or cityLondon
CountryUnited Kingdom
Construction started2003
Opened2005
Cost£311 million
ClientHome Department, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Technical details
Floor count7
Floor area800,000 sq ft (74,000 m2)
Lifts/elevators24
Design and construction
Architect(s)Farrells
Structural engineerPell Frischmann
Main contractorBouygues
Awards and prizesRIBA Award for Architecture
The Chartered Gas Works of the Westminster Gas Light and Coke Company, on what is now the site of the Home Office at 2 Marsham Street, as indicated in the 1862 Edward Stanford map of London

2 Marsham Street is an office building on Marsham Street in the City of Westminster, London, and headquarters of the Home Office and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (and its predecessor bodies), departments of the British Government, since March 2005. Before this date the Home Office was located at 50 Queen Anne's Gate. It has also housed the headquarters of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since 2018.