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SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL’S former Second World War headquarters is to be turned into a 125-bedroom hotel and private residences. The 1,100-room, Grade II-listed building on Whitehall—which will be called The OWO when it opens in 2022—was sold by the Ministry of Defence back in 2016. As well as the hotel—Raffles London: the group’s first offering in the UK—the site will encompass nine restaurants and bars, a spa and various retail spaces (www.theowo.london).

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