Great George Street is a street in Westminster, London, leading from Parliament Square to Birdcage Walk. The area of the current street was occupied by a number of small roads and yards housing inns and tenements. In the 1750s these were demolished and Great George Street laid out with "houses only as are fit for the habitation of persons of fortune and distinction". Part of the street was demolished in 1806 and is now part of Parliament Square. Between 1898 and 1915 the entire north side of the street was demolished for the construction of the Government Offices Great George Street. The street houses the headquarters of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, whose building includes the only surviving 1750s façade, and the Institution of Civil Engineers. The street formerly housed the National Portrait Gallery.
Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, London.
Government Offices Great George Street, taken from Parliament Square. Great George Street at left and Parliament Street at right
Parliament Square is a square at the northwest end of the Palace of Westminster in the City of Westminster in central London, England. Laid out in the 19th century, it features a large open green area in the centre with trees to its west, and it contains twelve statues of statesmen and other notable individuals.
Parliament Square in 2023
Panoramic view from the centre of Parliament Square in June 2009 (left to right): Government offices; Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster; St Margaret's and Westminster Abbey; Middlesex Guildhall of the Supreme Court.
Image: Winston Churchill, Parliament Square, London (cropped)
Image: Lloyd George Statue Parliament Sq
