The brand has put its first phase of The OWO Residences by Raffles on sale, with a call to the world’s wealthy to “own a piece of British history”.
Closed to the public for decades, the Old War Office in Whitehall was designed by British architect William Young and completed in 1906. It would go on to play a key role in top secret political manoeuvring over the years under the likes of Winston Churchill and David Lloyd George.
It was John Profumo’s base when he was Secretary of State and inspired Ian Fleming to write the James Bond series after working for Britain’s Naval Intelligence Service.
