The arch was designed by Aston Webb and it was completed in 1912. The Latin inscription ANNO DECIMO EDWARDI SEPTIMI REGIS / VICTORIAE REGINAE CIVES GRATISSIMI MDCCCCX means In the tenth year of King Edward VII / to Queen Victoria (from) most grateful citizens, 1910. Since 2000 it had been used as a Cabinet Office bulding (with the main hq still in Whitehall), but it was decided in 2011 to sell the building as part of the Austerity programme. According to the Wikipedia, there is reputedly an underground passage connecting Admiralty Arch to 10 Downing Street. (previous | next | back to album | 2020:02:10 14:22:09 | 51% of an album)