Horse Guards (building)

Horse Guards
Horse Guards
	Horse Guards viewed across Horse Guards Parade with the London Eye Ferris wheel in the background.
General information
Type	Military headquarters, barracks and stables
Architectural style	Palladian
Location	London, SW1
Construction started	1750
Completed	1759
Technical details
Floor count	four
Design and construction
Architect(s)	William Kent, John Vardy and William Robinson

Horse Guards is a historic building in the City of Westminster, London, between Whitehall and Horse Guards Parade. It was built in the mid-18th century, replacing an earlier building, as a barracks and stables for the Household Cavalry. The current and previous buildings were, between the early 18th century and 1858, the main military headquarters for the British Empire. Horse Guards originally formed the entrance to the Palace of Whitehall and later St James's Palace; for that reason it is still ceremonially defended by the King's Life Guard.

Although still in military use, part of the building houses the Household Cavalry Museum which is open to the public. It also functions as a gateway between Whitehall and St James's Park.