Her Majesty'S Land Registry Building

The H.M. Land Registry Building is a Grade II listed government office building located in Lincoln's Inn Fields. It was constructed in two phases: the west wing and central section between 1903 and 1905, followed by the east wing from 1912 to 1913. The design was created by the Office of Works under Sir Henry Tanner, with Richard Allison serving as the supervising architect. The concept was developed by the Land Registrar Sir Charles Fortescue-Brickdale, inspired by Blickling Hall in Norfolk.

The building is made of Stancliffe stone and Tucker's red brick, topped with a slate roof. Its floors are reinforced with steel joists, and it has a rectangular plan featuring internal lightwells. The architectural style is Neo-Jacobean, characterized by shaped gables and French-style corner turrets that have steep slate roofs and lanterns. The structure stands six storeys high and is nine bays wide, with an additional seven bays along the Portugal Street return. A central projecting bay features the main entrance on a raised ground floor and a canted bay extending from the first to the third floor, topped with a stone balustrade. This design element is mirrored on the outer turret bays. The building has mullion and transom windows throughout, with six-paned metal casements. Above the top storey windows, there are carved modillion cornices, and carved cartouches can be found between the first and second storey windows as well as on the stone turret parapets. The central gable displays a carved Royal Coat of Arms. A string course encircles the building at the first floor level, and vertical divisions between the bays are highlighted by lead downpipes. The entrance porch is formed by paired columns that support an entablature with a frieze inscribed "LAND REGISTRY."

Inside, the entrance hall is of particular interest, featuring marbled columns, and the Chief Registrar's room on the first floor above the entrance is panelled and includes an integral classical fire surround.