Skipton House
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Skipton House is a high specification office building in Elephant and Castle, Central London.
It was built for a Japanese bank and then sold on to accommodate staff of the
From outside, the two outstanding characteristics are the dark brown marble cladding and the impressive entranceway. Inside, there is a large glass-topped central atrium, with the second to sixth floors having balconies.
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The marble cladding
Redevelopment plans
Plans were approved in 2016 to demolish Skipton House as well as the adjacent hostel and London South Bank University Perry Library to make way for a mixed-use development designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill containing high-end flats, offices and restaurants.[2] The plans were subsequently withdrawn due to a lack of agreement between the landowners and in 2019 a new planning application was submitted to re-clad and add six more storeys to the existing building.[3] The application was referred back to Southwark London Borough Council by the Greater London Authority on the basis that it "does not comply with the London Plan and the draft London Plan".[4] The GLA suggested possible remedies including contributing towards the cost of a new Elephant and Castle Northern line London Underground station, the developer submitted an updated plan to Southwark London Borough Council which approved it in November 2020 and the plans now await approval by the Mayor of London.[5]
References
- ^ "NHS Counter Fraud Authority".
- ^ "40-storey tower at Elephant & Castle gets green light", London SE1
- ^ "Plans for a 40-storey development next to the Bakerloo line station at the Elephant & Castle have been dropped in favour of a modest six-storey extension to the existing office building", London SE1
- ^ "Planning application no. 18/AP/4194" (PDF), Greater London Authority
- ^ "Piercy & Company gets go-ahead for Elephant & Castle 90s office overhaul", Architects' Journal, December 2020
External links
- "Skipton House. Elephant & Castle". Cayford Architecture.
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