Minerva House


Minerva House was built between 1979 and 1983 as the London office of Grindlays Bank with Twigg, Brown & Partners as architects. The yellow brick building features narrow windows between closely paired piers. It sits on the south bank of the River Thames just west of London Bridge.

History

The site

Cartographic sources show that the site has previously housed:
Minerva House was sold for around £42 million in 2005 and for £60 million in 2012.

Use

Following the acquisition of Grindlays by Standard Chartered Bank in 2000, the building was refurbished during 2006 and is now in mixed use with of office space over six floors and thirty four flats in of residential space.

Owners

The current owners are Great Portland Estates with four office space tenants: Winckworth Sherwood LLP, TUI, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and Wandle Housing Association Ltd