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A lot of aristocratic stately homes are XYZ House - there only being one privately owned palace in the UK. So I think it's just an attempt to make an office block sound way classier than it actually is.

As an example, here's a "House" not far from where I live:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopetoun_House




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