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Embassy of the United Kingdom, Warsaw

Coordinates:52°13′07″N21°02′24″E/ 52.2186°N 21.0399°E/52.2186; 21.0399
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Embassy of the United Kingdom, Warsaw
The Embassy building in Warsaw
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LocationPolandUjazdów,Warsaw
Addressul. Kawalerii 12,
00-468Warsaw,
Masovian Province,
Poland
Coordinates52°13′07″N21°02′24″E/ 52.2186°N 21.0399°E/52.2186; 21.0399
AmbassadorAnna Clunes
WebsiteBritish Embassy, Warsaw

TheEmbassy of the United KingdominWarsawis the chiefdiplomatic missionof theUnited KingdominPoland.It is located on Kawalerii street in theUjazdówdistrict. The currentBritish Ambassador to Polandis Anna Clunes.[1]

History[edit]

The current embassy building on Kawalerii Street was built between 2008 and 2009, designed byTony Frettonand cost £27m to construct.[2]It is located next door to the Spanish and Dutch Embassies.

During theinterbellum period(1918-1939), the embassy was located in theBranicki Palace.From 1945 until 2008, the embassy was located in the Wielopolski Palace atUjazdów Avenue 15.The embassy building was designed byJozef Hussand built c. 1875 as the home for Polish aristocrats. The building escaped relatively undamaged byWorld War IIand therefore was acquired by the British government in 1945 to house the British Embassy; previously it had been used as the Estonian Embassy.

Gallery[edit]

  • British Embassy, Warsaw (1925-1945)
    British Embassy, Warsaw (1925-1945)
  • British Embassy, Warsaw (1945-2008)
    British Embassy, Warsaw (1945-2008)
  • British Embassy, Warsaw (2008–present)
    British Embassy, Warsaw (2008–present)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Poland: September 2020".GOV.UK.Retrieved2021-03-08.
  2. ^Jonathan Glancey Through the looking-glass: A passageway through a nondescript block of flats leads Jonathan Glancey to the artist Anish Kapoor's new home: a quiet oasis filled with sculpture, light and green spaces September 23, 2008 Guardian (UK)http:// bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=428&storycode=3109615&c=2&encCode=000000000148fd4a


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