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Dover House is a mansion in Whitehall , London . It is on the western side of the street immediately south of Admiralty House . The rear facade faces Horse Guards Parade . It was designed by James Paine for Sir Matthew Featherstonehaugh Bart. MP , in the 1750s and remodelled by Henry Holland for Frederick, Duke Of York from 1788 to 1792. It's most notable feature is an entrance hall in the form of a rotunda inserted into the former forecourt by Holland, which is a unique approach to a London mansion.

The building belonged to the Melbourne Family from 1793 to 1830. The last private owners were the Dover family, whose name it has retained. They owned it from 1830 to 1885, when it became the Scottish Office . When Scotland acquired a devolved Parliament in 1999 Dover House continued as the home of the reformed Scotland Office .


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