Minerva House
Minerva House was built between 1979 and 1983 as the London office of Grindlays Bank with Twigg, Brown & Partners as architects.[1] The yellow brick building features narrow windows between closely paired piers.[1] It sits on the south bank of the River Thames just west of London Bridge.
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Etymology | Minerva, Roman goddess of wisdom and sponsor of arts, trade & strategy |
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Location | Southwark |
Address | 5 Montague Close |
Town or city | London SE1 9BB |
Country | UK |
Coordinates | 51.506844°N 0.089897°W |
Current tenants | Winckworth Sherwood LLP and Ipsos Mori |
Topped-out | 1983 |
Owner | Great Portland Estates |
Technical details | |
Material | Yellow brick |
Floor count | Six |
Design and construction | |
Architecture firm | Twigg, Brown & Partners |
History
The site
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Cartographic sources show that the site has previously housed:
Use
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Following the acquisition of Grindlays by Standard Chartered Bank in 2000, the building was refurbished during 2006[7] and is now in mixed use with 103,686 square feet (9,632.7 m2) of office space over six floors and thirty four flats[8] in 11,900 square feet (1,110 m2) of residential space.[6]
Owners
The current owners are Great Portland Estates[6] with four office space tenants: Winckworth Sherwood LLP, TUI,[6] Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and Wandle Housing Association Ltd
References
- Stephen Richards. "Riverside, London Bridge". Geograph Britain and Ireland.
- "Side by Side viewer - Explore Georeferenced Maps". National Library of Scotland.
- "Side by Side viewer - Explore Georeferenced Maps". National Library of Scotland.
- "Side by Side viewer - Explore Georeferenced Maps". National Library of Scotland.
- "Minerva House sold for 」42 million". London SE1.
- "Buildings". Buildington.
- "Minerva House, 5 Montague Close, SE1 9DF, London: City". Jones Lang LaSalle. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- "Property details for Flat 7 Minerva House 6 Montague Close London SE1 9DF". Zoopla.