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Century House, London

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31: 139:(NAO) report with several security concerns raised. Chief among those concerns was that the building was made largely of glass, and had a petrol station at its base. The Secret Intelligence Service moved its headquarters to 299: 304: 30: 260: 136: 218: 143:
in 1994 and the Century House building was refurbished and converted into the residential Perspective Building, designed by
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After 21 years in service as the headquarters of SIS, Century House was described as "irredeemably insecure" in a 1985
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reported that it was "London's worst-kept secret, known only to every taxi driver, tourist guide and KGB agent".
118:. The building was designed by P. M. Devereux and constructed between 1959 and 1964. It became the home of the 111: 144: 128: 126:
in 1964. Though the location of their Broadway headquarters was classified information,
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Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Southwark
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Intelligence agency headquarters in the United Kingdom
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Lambeth
London
Westminster Bridge Road
London
Secret Intelligence Service
54 Broadway
The Daily Telegraph
National Audit Office
Vauxhall Cross
Assael Architecture
"The time when spy agencies officially didn't exist"


Alan Judd
"One in the eye for the Vauxhall Trollop"
"Top secret: A century of British espionage"
"The Perspective – Estate and Letting Agents – MyLondonHome – Property – London"
51°29′55″N 0°06′37″W / 51.49873°N 0.11016°W / 51.49873; -0.11016
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Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Southwark
Intelligence agency headquarters in the United Kingdom
MI6

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