Old Admiralty Building

E162913

Grade II* listed building government building historic building office building

The Old Admiralty Building is a historic government office complex in Whitehall, London, long associated with the British Admiralty and naval administration.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Old Admiralty Building canonical	5
Admiralty building, London	2
Admiralty House	1
Admiralty House, London	1
Admiralty Old Building, London	1
Admiralty building	1
Old Admiralty	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1416017 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Old Admiralty Building
Context triple: [Admiralty Arch, adjacentTo, Old Admiralty Building]

A. Admiralty building
The Admiralty building is a historic landmark in Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for its distinctive golden spire and role as a former headquarters of the Imperial Russian Navy.
B. Royal Liver Building
The Royal Liver Building is an iconic early 20th-century waterfront office building in Liverpool, England, famed for its twin clock towers topped by mythical Liver Bird sculptures and its role as a symbol of the city.
C. Old State House
The Old State House is a historic 18th-century building in downtown Boston that served as the seat of colonial and early state government and is a key landmark on the Freedom Trail.
D. Old State House
The Old State House is a historic 18th-century government building in downtown Hartford that once served as Connecticut’s state capitol and now operates as a museum.
E. City Hall, London
City Hall, London is a distinctive glass-fronted building on the south bank of the River Thames that served as the home of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Old Admiralty Building
Target entity description: The Old Admiralty Building is a historic government office complex in Whitehall, London, long associated with the British Admiralty and naval administration.

A. Admiralty building
The Admiralty building is a historic landmark in Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for its distinctive golden spire and role as a former headquarters of the Imperial Russian Navy.
B. Royal Liver Building
The Royal Liver Building is an iconic early 20th-century waterfront office building in Liverpool, England, famed for its twin clock towers topped by mythical Liver Bird sculptures and its role as a symbol of the city.
C. Old State House
The Old State House is a historic 18th-century government building in downtown Hartford that once served as Connecticut’s state capitol and now operates as a museum.
D. Old State House
The Old State House is a historic 18th-century building in downtown Boston that served as the seat of colonial and early state government and is a key landmark on the Freedom Trail.
E. City Hall, London
City Hall, London is a distinctive glass-fronted building on the south bank of the River Thames that served as the home of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grade II* listed building ⓘ government building ⓘ historic building ⓘ office building ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	The Admiralty ⓘ surface form: Admiralty Office Old Admiralty Building ⓘ surface form: Old Admiralty
architect	Samuel Pepys Cockerell ⓘ Thomas Ripley ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Neoclassical architecture ⓘ Palladian architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Admiralty (United Kingdom) ⓘ surface form: British Admiralty Royal Navy ⓘ naval administration ⓘ
builtFor	The Admiralty ⓘ surface form: Admiralty
constructionStart	1720s ⓘ
coordinates	51.5047°N 0.1290°W ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
facing	Horse Guards Parade ⓘ
formerOccupant	The Admiralty ⓘ surface form: Admiralty Department for International Development ⓘ Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ
hasConservationStatus	protected historic building ⓘ
hasPart	Admiralty Board Room ⓘ courtyard ⓘ office wings ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade II* listed ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	1970 ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1726 ⓘ
locatedInArea	Central London ⓘ
location	City of Westminster ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London Whitehall ⓘ
materialUsed	brick ⓘ stone ⓘ
nearby	Downing Street ⓘ Horse Guards Parade ⓘ surface form: Horse Guards Ministry of Defence Main Building, Whitehall ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Defence Main Building Treasury ⓘ surface form: The Treasury
notableFor	association with British naval history ⓘ historic role in Admiralty administration ⓘ
occupant	UK government departments ⓘ
overlooks	St James’s Park ⓘ surface form: St James's Park
ownedBy	Crown Estate ⓘ surface form: Crown Estate (on behalf of the Crown) His Majesty’s Government ⓘ surface form: His Majesty's Government
partOf	Whitehall ⓘ surface form: Whitehall government estate
region	England ⓘ
streetAddress	Horse Guards Road ⓘ
usedFor	administrative functions ⓘ government offices ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Admiralty Arch → adjacentTo → Old Admiralty Building ⓘ

Whitehall street → hasLandmark → Old Admiralty Building ⓘ

subject surface form: Whitehall

this entity surface form: Admiralty House

Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty → hasAssociatedBuilding → Old Admiralty Building ⓘ

Admiralty (United Kingdom) → headquartersBuilding → Old Admiralty Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Admiralty building

Admiralty (United Kingdom) → headquartersBuilding → Old Admiralty Building ⓘ

Admiralty, Whitehall → hasPart → Old Admiralty Building ⓘ

Horse Guards Road → borders → Old Admiralty Building ⓘ

Room 40 → location → Old Admiralty Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Admiralty Old Building, London

Old Admiralty Building → alsoKnownAs → Old Admiralty Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Admiralty

Lord of the Admiralty → seat → Old Admiralty Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Admiralty building, London

Roger Morris → notableWork → Old Admiralty Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Admiralty House, London

Deputy First Sea Lord → hasWorkLocation → Old Admiralty Building ⓘ