India House, London
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The High Commission of India in London is the diplomatic mission of India in the United Kingdom. It is located in India House on Aldwych, between Bush House, what was Marconi House and Australia House. It faces both the London School of Economics and King's College London. Since 1981, India House is a Grade II listed building.
The High Commission from India Place
Close-up of some designs
Bust of Jawaharlal Nehru on India Place
Herbert Baker
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Sir Herbert Baker was an English architect remembered as the dominant force in South African architecture for two decades, and a major designer of some of New Delhi's most notable government structures. He was born and died at Owletts in Cobham, Kent.
View of the rear of Groote Schuur, c. 1905
The Honoured Dead Memorial, commemorating the Siege of Kimberley, was designed by Baker. The architecture was influenced by the Nereid Monument at Xanthus.
The McClean Observatory in Observatory, Cape Town, was designed by Sir Herbert Baker and was completed in 1897.