Former British Consulate in Tunis

Diplomatic relations between the Regency of Tunis and the United Kingdom began in 1662, with the signing of a peace treaty.^[1] Early consuls included Francis Baker 1673–83 and Thomas Goodwyn who served from 1679 to 1698, James Chetwood briefly and then Goodwyn again until 1700.^[2] Goodwyn was to marry the first British woman to live in Tunis, Edith Stedham, and their daughter was the first British girl born there. Goodwyn's 3,000 letters are extant.^[3]

The first consulate building was erected in the seventeenth century. It was replaced by a second, in European style, in the early nineteenth century.^[1]

The building on Victory Square was erected in 1914, in a Moorish revival style.^[4]

In 2003, the embassy moved to the Berges du Lac and the former consulate building was returned to the Tunisian state.^[1]