No. 1 Croydon
No. 1 Croydon | |
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Former names | NLA Tower |
General information | |
Address | 12-16 Addiscombe Road |
Town or city | East Croydon, Greater London |
Country | England |
Completed | 1970 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Richard Seifert & Partners |
Structural engineer | Triton |
51°22′30″N 0°05′28″W / 51.3749°N 0.0910°W
No. 1 Croydon (formerly the NLA Tower, and colloquially the 50p Building, the Weddingcake or the
Restoration project
A refurbishment programme costing over £3.5 million was completed in early 2007. It included a six-month exterior cleaning project, a new lobby, landscaping and common areas, and refurbishment of the top ten floors to provide 74,543 square feet (6,925 m2) of high spec, air-conditioned office accommodation.
A substantial amount of work had already been done to improve the façade of the tower. It was identified in a Channel 4 programme as one of the UK's top eyesores. A spokesman for building restoration firm Triton said: "Work is running to schedule and within budget."[5]
Occupiers
No. 1 Croydon is occupied by a number of companies and organisations, including Atkins, Directline holidays and dotdigital.
In November 2014, a branch of Sainsbury's Local was opened in part of the former courtyard on the north side of the building, effectively forming a part of the structure.[6] The new building attracted criticism on aesthetic grounds and also in respect of safety due to its proximity to the Tramlink track bed.[6]
Other names
No. 1 Croydon was originally known colloquially as the Threepenny Bit Building, due to its resemblance to a number of
The resemblance to threepenny and 50p coins is approximate, as the building's floors are octagonal (8 sides) whereas threepenny coins were dodecagonal (12 sides) and 50p coins are heptagonal (7 sides).In popular culture
The building was used as part of an
Listing
The campaign for
See also
References
- ^ "Croydon, Route & What to See". London Footprints. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
- ^ "Information on names of NLA Tower". Graham Johnson. Retrieved 15 December 2006.
- ^ State of the art refurbishment
- ^ "London - Full Summary of Projects". Will Fox, SkyscraperCity.com. Retrieved 15 December 2006.
- ^ "NLA Tower's makeover nearly done". Croydon Guardian. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
- ^ a b Croydon Advertiser staff writer (17 December 2014). "East Croydon Sainsbury's: Is this Britain's worst-placed supermarket?". Croydon Advertiser. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "Croydon's 50p tower stolen". This is Local London. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
- ^ Your Croydon Pamphlet, February 2009 (Retrieved 4 January 2010)
- Twentieth Century Society. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ Debnath, Neela (28 December 2018). "Black Mirror Bandersnatch location: Where is Bandersnatch filmed? Where is it set?". Daily Express. Retrieved 28 December 2018.