This building was designed in the late 1920s by Charles Holden as the new Headquarters of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London – which eventually became Transport for London (TfL). It was completed in 1931 and, at the time, was the tallest office building in London until overtaken by another Holden building – Senate House at the University of London. The building was occupied by TfL until 2015 when they moved to a new HQ building in London’s Olympic Park.
55 Broadway was initially listed as Grade II in 1970, but was upgraded to Grade I in 2011.
Image: London Transport Museum (1932)
There was a plan to convert 55 Broadway into luxury apartments (2013), but plans changed in 2020 when Blue Orchid Hotels announced that it will be converted to become a luxury hotel.
Image: © Steven Miell (TimeViews)
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