Eleftherios Venizelos house, Protected historical residence in Kolonaki, Greece

The Eleftherios Venizelos house is a three-story building in Kolonaki designed by architect Anastasios Metaxas with neoclassical details. It features high ceilings, elegant staircases, and refined plasterwork typical of wealthy urban residences from that period.

Built between 1930 and 1932 on the site of the Athens Ptochokomeio (poorhouse), the neoclassical house was designed by architect Anastasios Metaxas with supervision by Elena Skylitsi. Venizelos used it only briefly; it is tied to his 1932 election defeat, the 1933 assassination attempt, the failed 1935 movement and his self-exile to France, where he died on 18 March 1936. After his death Skylitsi sold it to the British government, and since the 1960s it has served as the British ambassador's residence.

The house is now the residence of the British ambassador, as it has been since the 1960s; the embassy itself moved to a neighbouring new building. It stands at the corner of Vasilissis Sofias Avenue and Loukianou 2, next to the church of Agios Nikolaos tou Ptochokomeiou and opposite the Byzantine Museum complex.

The house stands at the corner of Vasilissis Sofias Avenue and Loukianou 2, next to the church of Agios Nikolaos tou Ptochokomeiou and opposite the Byzantine Museum complex. It is the British ambassador's residence, not a museum open to visitors, so the rooms and exhibits cannot be toured; it can only be seen from the street.

The house is not open to the public: since the 1960s it has served as the residence of the British ambassador, while the embassy itself moved to a neighbouring new building. Its few years of use by Venizelos coincided with the 1932 election defeat, the 1933 attempt on his life and the failed 1935 movement.