History enthusiast: Repurpose Whitehall as tourist attraction

In re­cent weeks, this coun­try’s his­toric build­ings have come in­to sharp fo­cus af­ter the Gov­ern­ment said White­hall re­quired sub­stan­tial re­fur­bish­ment and it did not have the funds to do so at the mo­ment.

But while much of the dis­cus­sion has cen­tred around pol­i­tics, his­to­ry buffs or those fas­ci­nat­ed with build­ings like the Mag­nif­i­cent Sev­en have been lob­by­ing for these places to be cher­ished, re­fur­bished and pre­served. His­to­ry en­thu­si­ast Pa­tri­cia Bisses­sar be­lieves us­ing White­hall as an ad­min­is­tra­tive of­fice has con­tributed to its di­lap­i­da­tion over the years.

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In an in­ter­view with Guardian Me­dia last week, Bisses­sar ad­vo­cat­ed for White­hall and the oth­er build­ings that make up the Mag­nif­i­cent Sev­en — Mille Fleurs, Queen’s Roy­al Col­lege, Stollmey­er’s Cas­tle, Arch­bish­op’s House, Roomor and Hayes Court — to be­come tourist at­trac­tions.