Norman Shaw Building

The Norman Shaw Buildings (formerly known as New Scotland Yard) are a pair of buildings in Westminster, London. Built by renowned architect Richard Norman Shaw between 1887–1906, they were originally the location of New Scotland Yard (the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police) until 1967, but from 1979 have been used as Parliamentary offices and have been named Norman Shaw North and South Buildings, augmenting limited space in the Palace of Westminster. The buildings are in banded red brick and white portland stone on a granite base in the Victorian Gothic style, and are located upon Victoria Embankment next-door to Portcullis House. The North Building is Grade I listed. It was designed in 1887 as the replacement central offices of...