From Edward Heath to William Hague .... To launch gallery click image above
When people say that Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, has a 'homely' smile, they probably don't mean to imply that she looks like a house. In this instance, however, she does
The Hitler-esque house in Port Tennant, Swansea
Some cartoonists have evoked the Prime Minister less deftly than this art deco building
So-called friends of the Foreign Secretary have expressed concern about the whereabouts of his 'mojo'. There might be worse places to look than inside this house in the German city of Heidelberg. Something about it seems to say 'William Hague'
It looks like a pretty straight kind of building; it also looks like a certain former prime minister
If Saddam Hussein had hidden out here, the Iraqi dictator might have evaded capture
The late Edward Heath, prime minister from 1970 to 1974, was a great favourite with cartoonists because his distinctive features were so easily caricatured. At least one architect seems to have felt the same way
An abandoned building in Blumenau, Brazil, has an open, battered, lived-in feel to it that - combined with the unruly 'hairline' and apparent 'beard' - irresistibly suggests the larger-than-life actor, Brian Blessed
Harriet Harman, high-minded deputy leader of the Labour Party, could take a tip on headwear from her architectural lookalike
02 April 2011
A house in Wales that 'looks like Hitler' has become an internet hit. But, says Rebecca Gonsalves, that's just the start of it
Estate agents are fond of saying that a property has plenty of "character". But some characters are most desirable than others.
An end-of-terrace house in Port Tennant, Swansea, has become an unlikely internet sensation after a passer-by uploaded a picture of the "Hitler House" to Twitter.
Charli Dickenson had passed the house many times before noticing, as she sat in traffic outside, that its stony façade and sloping roof resembled the late leader of the Nazi party. The angled roof suggested his fringe, while the door echoed his toothbrush moustache.
The 22-year-old first uploaded the image to the Comic Relief Twitter feed of the comedian Armando Ianucci, where it was picked up by Jimmy Carr, causing it to go viral, gaining news coverage across the UK and as far away as New Zealand.
But it turns out that this is not the only building that looks like a famous person. Here are some other properties that may seem strangely familiar...
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