{"id":1444,"date":"2012-09-25T15:06:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=1444"},"modified":"2012-09-25T15:06:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T15:06:00","slug":"foreign-office-india-office-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=1444","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Office &#038; India Office, London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_1483\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1483\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7183.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7183.jpg\" alt=\"Durbar Court at Foreign Office\" title=\"Foreign Office\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1483\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7183.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7183-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Durbar Court<\/figcaption><\/figure> <em>Open House London<\/em><br \/>\nGrade I listed Victorian government office buildings. The former India Office includes the magnificently decorated Durbar Court. It was opened as part of the &#8220;Open House London&#8221; weekend.<br \/>\nThe visitor route takes one past, or through, various items of interest. The most spectacular rooms are on the latter part of the tour, after the Durbar Court, and the finale is the Grand Staircase. The magnificent Victorian decor compares with some of the best that can be seen elsewhere.<br \/>\nIt is also an opportunity to find out about the work of the Foreign Office.<br \/>\nWell worth a visit.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1484\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7189.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7189-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ceiling adjacent to Durbar Court\" title=\"Foreign Office\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1484\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ceiling by Durbar Court<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_1485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1485\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7190.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7190-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Floor, balcony at Durbar Court\" title=\"Foreign Off.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1485\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">balcony at Durbar Court<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_1486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1486\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7192.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7192-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Muses Stair lantern roof\" title=\"Foreign Off.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1486\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Muses Stair lantern <\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_1487\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1487\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7194.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7194-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ornate Corridor\" title=\"Foreign Office\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1487\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corridor<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_1488\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1488\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7195.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7195-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ornate room\" title=\"Foreign off.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1488\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ornate room<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_1489\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1489\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7196.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7196-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ornate ceiling\" title=\"Foreign off.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1489\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ornate ceiling<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_1490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1490\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7197.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7197-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ornate room\" title=\"Foreign off.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1490\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Room<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_1491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1491\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7198.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7198-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Locarno Suite Interior\" title=\"Foreign Off.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1491\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Locarno Suite Interior<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_1492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1492\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7199.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7199-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Locarno Suite ceiling\" title=\"Foreign Off.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1492\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Locarno Suite ceiling<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_1493\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1493\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7200.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7200-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Staircase view\" title=\"Foreign Off.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1493\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grand Staircase<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_1494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1494\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7201.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreign7201-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Staircase view\" title=\"Foreign Off.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1494\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grand Staircase<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open House London Grade I listed Victorian government office buildings. The former India Office includes the magnificently decorated Durbar Court. It was opened as part of the &#8220;Open House London&#8221; weekend. The visitor route takes one past, or through, various items of interest. The most spectacular rooms are on the latter part of the tour, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=1444\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Foreign Office &#038; India Office, London&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1444"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1497,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions\/1497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}