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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 20/06/2026 20:52:00

A grand crescent-fronted building on the South Bank of the Thames, County Hall stands directly opposite the Houses of Parliament and now houses a cluster of visitor attractions and hotels. Completed in the early twentieth century to a design by Ralph Knott, it was built as the headquarters of the London County Council and later served the Greater London Council until that body was abolished in the 1980s. Its Edwardian Baroque river frontage, with a sweeping curved colonnade, remains one of the...