General Post Office, London

1829 building by Robert Smirke on the east side of St Martin's Le Grand, London
Place architectural_structure Q5532114
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General Post Office, London

Summary

General Post Office, London is an architectural structure[1]. It draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (architectural_structure category, ranking #192 of 1,822).[2]

Key Facts

  • General Post Office, London is located in St. Martin's Le Grand parish[3].
  • General Post Office, London is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • General Post Office, London's image is recorded as The Post Office in St Martin le Grand by Thomas Shepherd (late 1820s).jpg[5].
  • General Post Office, London's instance of is recorded as architectural structure[6].
  • General Post Office, London's architect is recorded as Robert Smirke[7].
  • General Post Office, London's commissioned by is recorded as General Post Office[8].
  • General Post Office, London's architectural style is recorded as Greek Revival architecture[9].
  • General Post Office, London's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 4835152932553009830005[10].
  • General Post Office, London's locator map image is recorded as DISTRICT(1888) p082 - St Paul's (map).jpg[11].
  • General Post Office, London's Commons category is recorded as General Post Office (1829 building)[12].
  • +1829-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of General Post Office, London[13].
  • General Post Office, London was dissolved in +1912-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • General Post Office, London's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 51.51555, 'longitude': -0.096925, 'precision': 1e-06}[15].
  • General Post Office, London's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h56bkr[16].
  • General Post Office, London's located on street is recorded as St Martin's Le Grand[17].
  • General Post Office, London's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Neunter Band[18].
  • General Post Office, London's date of official opening is recorded as +1829-09-23T00:00:00Z[19].
  • General Post Office, London's historic county is recorded as Middlesex[20].

Body

Geography

General Post Office, London is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in St. Martin's Le Grand parish[3].

Designation and Status

General Post Office, London's instance of is recorded as architectural structure[6].

History and Context

+1829-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of General Post Office, London[13].

Why It Matters

General Post Office, London draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (architectural_structure category, ranking #192 of 1,822).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . The Architectural Review. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . maps.nls.uk. maps.nls.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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