St Alphage House
| St Alphage House | |
|---|---|
 St Alphage House in June 2008 | |
| General information | |
| Status | Demolished |
| Type | skyscraper |
| Architectural style | international |
| Address | Fore Street |
| Completed | 1962 |
| Demolished | 2014 |
| Height | 68.5m |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | curtain wall |
| Floor count | 17 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Maurice Sanders Associates |
| Main contractor | Maurice Wingate |
St Alphage House was a 1960s office block on Fore Street in the City of London. It was built by the developer Maurice Wingate to a design by Maurice Sanders Associates.[1] It was named after Saint Alphege and the church of St Alphage London Wall, whose ruins stand below where the building stood. It was built as part of the redevelopment of London Wall, and was one of a series of similar blocks built between 1957 and 1976.
In 2009, it was announced that the building was to be "stripped out" by the City of London Corporation for tax reasons.[2]
The site was proposed for redevelopment on numerous occasions;[3] The contractor Hammerson won permission to redevelop the site based on a design by Make.[4] As of July 2014, St Alphage House had been demolished along with the Highwalks that surrounded it.
St Alphage Garden is nearby.
References
- ↑ "St. Alphage House". postwarbuildings.com. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- ↑ Richard Heap (30 January 2009). "City to 'strip out' St Alphage House". Property Week. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- ↑ "St Alphage House Replacement Surfaces". skyscrapernews.com. 05-11-2010. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Make wins planning for contentious London Wall scheme". Architects Journal. 2011-06-27.
Coordinates: 51°31′05″N 0°05′31″W / 51.51800°N 0.09181°W