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Marble building with government offices? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

whitehall

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'with government offices?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'marble building' is the wordplay.
'marble' becomes 'white' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'building' becomes 'hall' (hall is a kind of building).
'white'+'hall'='WHITEHALL'

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(Other definitions for whitehall that I've seen before include "admin staff here" , "Administrators" , "Government policy" , "Street symbolising British government" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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