[rpeden]

Kind of reminds me of some of the embassies of smaller countries in Ottawa when I lived there.

There are quite a few in houses like this along Somerset Street if I'm remembering correctly.

[dmurray]

It's also normal for embassies of big countries in smaller countries.

In Dublin there are a few big embassy compounds (US, Russia, UK, Germany are the only ones I can think of). Everyone else, even big dogs like China and India, has a converted house or a floor in an office block. Lots of pictures on Wikipedia:

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