Grade II listed green
Imposing and historically important, evoking the grand buildings of Paris. Sensitively redeveloped to meet demands of today’s occupants.
📍Location
🏢Building Details
115,000 sq. ft. across 10 floors
Completed Feb 2021, refurbishment, extension + re-positioning of historic listed building
2 interconnected elements = listed façade (1912) + larger western extension (1999)
👷🏾♀️Developer & Contractor
Jonathan Fletcher – CEO of Endurance Land
Henry MacInnes – Director at Endurance Land
✍️Architects & Engineers
John McRae – Director at Orms
Christian Natterodt – Associate at Orms
Andy Heyne – Owner & Director Heyne Tillett Steel
Chris Doyle – Director at GDM Partnership
Jennifer (Nagel) Berry – Senior Landscape Architect at Robert Myers Associates
Alasdair Gurry – Commercial Real Estate Advisor at Avison Young UK
Ashley Bateson – Partner, Head of Sustainability at Hoare Lea
🌱Sustainability
BREEAM Excellent + EPC A + WiredScore Platinum
Extensive structural + façade retention = significant reduction in embodied carbon
Retained 92% of original structure + 74% of existing double-glazed unitised cladding
Space optimisation: separate office wings unified into simple floor plate (relocating lift + stair core), increasing usable floor area by 23,000 sq. ft. across 2 new floors – infilling redundant atrium
🥦 Wellbeing
Sense of light + spaciousness – double height reception elegantly transformed to reflect Edwardian baroque façade
Informal meeting spaces with oak joinery + soft seating reminiscent of hotel lobby, welcoming visitors and creating calm
4 landscaped outdoor terraces with unobstructed, panoramic views – toward Old Bailey High Court and the City
Enviable location within the Square Mile, 5 min walk to St. Paul’s Cathedral
🎈Bonus feature
The Grade II listed Britannia House was originally built in 1912 for the Chatham & Dover Railway Company, alongside an open railway track and Holborn Viaduct station. It functioned as offices and parcel depot with vehicular movement throughout the ground floor. Proof: contemporary can be timeless.
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