It is located on Victory Square (formerly Place de la Bourse), adjacent to the medina of Tunis.

Diplomatic relations between the Regency of Tunis and the United Kingdom began in 1662, with the signing of a peace treaty.

It was replaced by a second, in European style, in the early nineteenth century.

[1] The building on Victory Square was erected in 1914, in a Moorish revival style.

[4] In 2003, the embassy moved to the Berges du Lac and the former consulate building was returned to the Tunisian state.