[citation needed] The building, square with a central courtyard, was designed by the Ministry of Works, with PA Searle as the architect, and completed in 1967.

[citation needed] Britain broke off diplomatic relations with Uganda in July 1976, at which time the High Commission was closed down.

Following the overthrow of President Idi Amin in 1979, diplomatic relations between Britain and Uganda were re-established, and the High Commission reopened in April 1979.

[3] It was not many years before the building proved too large and surplus space was sublet, including to the British Council and the American Embassy.

[4] The 1998 United States embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam was a clear warning that new offices, with greater stand-off distances than achievable near a city centre, were required.

A new site was bought on the outskirts of the city in the current location in Kamwokya for £540,000 in 2001, and Ridge and Cullum and Nightingale were commissioned respectively as project managers and architects.