Telephone House, London
| Telephone House | |
|---|---|
 Telephone House | |
Interactive map of the Telephone House area | |
General information | |
| Type | Office |
Architectural style | Edwardian Baroque |
| Location | London, England |
| Coordinates | 51°30′42″N 0°06′28″W / 51.511598°N 0.107700°W |
Completed | 1902 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Albert Nelson Bromley |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Telephone House |
| Designated | 05 June 1972 |
| Reference no. | 1079128 |
Telephone House is a Grade II listed office building that stands on the eastern side of Temple Avenue between Tallis Street and the Victoria Embankment.[1]
History
The building was constructed between 1898 and 1902 for the National Telephone Company, which had found success in amalgamating a number of smaller telephone networks. It was designed by Albert Nelson Bromley who worked with the company on a number of their buildings.[2]
The building currently hosts the London offices of Gibson Dunn,[3] although plans to move to offices at One Exchange Square were announced in 2026.[4]
Description
The building sits opposite Hamilton House and Temple Chambers across Temple Avenue and Temple House across Tallis Street. It also stands adjacent to the Neo-Tudor Carmelite House which housed the Daily Mail.[5]
The building's design is a large massing of stone in an early example of an Edwardian Baroque style. The Temple Avenue frontage is decorated in high relief and made of 21 bays. A pedimented centre is flanked by large gabled pavilions at each end.[2] The first floor pediments are topped with cherubs holding telephone handsets.[6]
References
- ↑ "Telephone House, Non Civil Parish - 1079128 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2026-08-18.
- 1 2 Bradley, Simon; Pevsner, Nikolaus, eds. (2002). The City of London (1. publ. by Yale Univ. Press ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 619. ISBN 978-0-300-09624-8.
- ↑ "London". Gibson Dunn. Retrieved 2026-08-18.
- ↑ Taberner, Peter (2026-01-29). "Gibson Dunn asserts London focus with new enlarged office". The Global Legal Post. Retrieved 2026-08-18.
- ↑ Bradley, Simon; Pevsner, Nikolaus, eds. (2002). The City of London (1. publ. by Yale Univ. Press ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 447–448. ISBN 978-0-300-09624-8.
- ↑ City of London Corporation (2016-02-23). "Whitefriars Conservation Area" (PDF). www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. p. 27-28. Retrieved 2026-08-18.