Norman Shaw Buildings

[1] They were originally the location of New Scotland Yard (the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police) between 1890 and 1967, but from 1979, have been used as parliamentary offices and have been named Norman Shaw North and South Buildings, augmenting limited space in the Palace of Westminster.

The buildings are in banded red brick and white portland stone on a granite base in the Victorian Romanesque style, and are located upon Victoria Embankment, between Portcullis House – to the south – and New Scotland Yard, to the north.

[2] It was designed in 1887[3] as the replacement central offices of the Metropolitan Police, Shaw being the personal choice of the Home Secretary, Henry Matthews.

[citation needed] In 2000, a walkway to the Palace of Westminster via Portcullis House was created, to reduce the time for members to reach the chamber for divisions (voting).

[7] In addition to Howard,[8] David Cameron,[9] Ed Miliband,[10] Jeremy Corbyn[11] and Keir Starmer[12] have kept their offices in the building during their tenures as opposition leader.