Embassy of Qatar, London
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Location | Mayfair, London |
Address | 1 South Audley Street, London, W1K 1NB |
Ambassador | Khalid Rashid Al-Hamoudi Al-Mansouri |
The Embassy of Qatar at 1 South Audley Street in Mayfair, London is the diplomatic mission of Qatar in the United Kingdom.[1] The embassy is housed in a Grade II listed three storey house designed by the architect Frederick Pepys Cockerell and completed after his death by George Aitchison.[2]
The exterior of the house is richly decorated with a terracotta freize depicting putti.[3]
Qatar also maintains a Cultural and Military Section at 21 Hertford Street, Mayfair and a Health Section at 30 Collingham Gardens, South Kensington.[4]
In 2013 there was a protest outside the embassy against the alleged mistreatment of migrant workers in Qatar.[5]
Gallery
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Plaque outside the embassy in Arabic and English depicting the Emblem of Qatar
References
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External links
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- Diplomatic missions in London
- Diplomatic missions of Qatar
- Embassies in Mayfair
- Grade II listed buildings in the City of Westminster
- Grade II listed houses
- Houses in the City of Westminster
- Houses completed in 1879
- Qatar–United Kingdom relations
- Renaissance Revival architecture in the United Kingdom