Aldwych House
51°30′48″N 0°06′57″W / 51.513464°N 0.115881°W
Aldwych House is an Edwardian style office block in Aldwych, London. It sits on the eastern curve of the crescent.[1]
History
[edit]The Aldwych along with the Kingsway were together part of a large metropolitan redevelopment scheme by the London County Council completed in 1905. Along both roads are a number of large Edwardian office blocks constructed as part of the development.[1]
Aldwych house was itself built after the First World War to the designs of Gunton & Gunton as offices for the Agricultural & General Engineers.[2] Its design displays a bold fronted neoclassical facade with robust Doric columns.[3]
The building was refurbished in the 2010s, hosting a branch of the Japanese restaurant chain Roka from 2014.[4][5][6] In 2017, it was sold to Leong On Kei for around £250 million.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher, eds. (1995). The London encyclopaedia (Rev. ed.). London: Macmillan. pp. 14 and 438. ISBN 978-0-333-57688-5.
- ↑ Gray, A. Stuart (1985). Edwardian Architecture: A Biographical Dictionary. London: Wordsworth Editions. p. 81. ISBN 0-7156-2141-6.
- ↑ Bradley, Simon; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2005). Westminster. London (Repr. with corr ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 332. ISBN 978-0-300-09595-1.
- ↑ "Aldwych House | Fusing a modern interior with imposing 1920s architecture". Retrieved 2026-08-06.
- ↑ Sidders, Jack (15 September 2015). "Rowan unveils Aldwych House". Estates Gazette. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
- ↑ "Japanese robatayaki restaurant in Aldwych, London near Covent Garden". Roka. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
- ↑ Sidders, Jack (September 18, 2017). "Billionaire Leong Is Said to Buy $338 Million London Office". Bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on 2024-07-12. Retrieved 2026-08-06.