Banners for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II adorning the War Office, Horse Guards Avenue, Whitehall, London

RIBA Ref No RIBA38672

Architect/Designer	Casson, Sir Hugh Maxwell (1910-1999)
	Taylor, Sir John (1833-1912)
	Young, Clyde Francis (1871-1948)
Artist/Photographer	Galwey, Reginald Hugo de Burgh (1917-1971)
Country	UK: England
City	London
Subject Date	1906
Image Date	1953
View	Exterior
Style	Classical Revival
Medium	Photoprint
Library Reference	APT Box 71 - Coronation
Orientation	Landscape
Colour Info	Black and white
Credit	Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
Subject	Statues ; Coronation decorations ; Colonnades ; Government buildings

NOTES Designed in 1898 by William Young and completed in 1906 by his son, Clyde Young, this neo-Baroque style building housed the War Office from 1906 until its abolition in 1964. It has since been occupied by the Ministry of Defence. Sir Hugh Casson was the consulting architect for the Coronation decorations in 1953.

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