Daily Telegraph Building

The Daily Telegraph Building, also known as Peterborough House,[1] is an Art Deco office building with Egyptian decorations and a monumental colonnade façade, located at 135–141 Fleet Street, London.[2]

The building was designed by Charles Ernest Elcock, after consulting with Thomas S. Tait, and opened in 1928.[3] It was originally the headquarters of the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph, before the company moved out in the 1980s following the Wapping dispute, and it is now occupied by the investment bank Goldman Sachs.[4]

The building is six storeys tall and seven windows wide, and made of Portland stone. There is a large clock hanging above the street level. The building has been Grade II listed since 1983.[5][6]

In early June 2019, speculations arose about the company WeWork intending to purchase the building owned by the Qatari Royal family, after Goldman Sachs shall move out from it, within the end of the year.[7]

References

"Daily Telegraph Building – Fleet Street". manchesterhistory.net. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
The London Encyclopedia. Pan Macmillan. 2008. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-405-04924-5.
Curl, James Stevens (2013). The Egyptian Revival: Ancient Egypt as the Inspiration for Design Motifs in the West. Routledge. p. 412. ISBN 978-1-134-23467-7.
Allinson, Ken; Thornton, Victoria (2014). London's Contemporary Architecture: An Explorer's Guide. Routledge. p. 103. ISBN 978-1-317-69046-7.
"7 of the Best Art Deco Buildings in London | Architectural Digest". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
"THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BUILDING, City and County of the City of London – 1358917| Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
"Wework eyes Goldman Sachs Fleet street HQ for next site | Evening Standard". Standard.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2019.

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[1] "Daily Telegraph Building – Fleet Street". manchesterhistory.net. Retrieved 24 September 2018.

[2] The London Encyclopedia. Pan Macmillan. 2008. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-405-04924-5.

[3] Curl, James Stevens (2013). The Egyptian Revival: Ancient Egypt as the Inspiration for Design Motifs in the West. Routledge. p. 412. ISBN 978-1-134-23467-7.

[4] Allinson, Ken; Thornton, Victoria (2014). London's Contemporary Architecture: An Explorer's Guide. Routledge. p. 103. ISBN 978-1-317-69046-7.

[5] "7 of the Best Art Deco Buildings in London | Architectural Digest". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 24 September 2018.

[6] "THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BUILDING, City and County of the City of London – 1358917| Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2018.

[7] "Wework eyes Goldman Sachs Fleet street HQ for next site | Evening Standard". Standard.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2019.