162–165 Piccadilly

Edwardian former office building in London August 2026 162–165 Piccadilly 162 Piccadilly London.jpg 162–165 Piccadilly London, England 51.507839 -0.140100 type:landmark_region:GB dms inline,title 1909 Runtz & Ford yes Grade II 162-165, PICCADILLY W1, 39, ST JAMES'S STREET SW1 30 May 1972 1226543 yes Office Edwardian baroque 162–165 Piccadilly sometimes called the Norwich Union Building is an Edwardian office block that stands on the corner of Piccadilly and St James's Street in the St James's district of London. It was awarded Grade II listed status in 1972.162-165, PICCADILLY W1, 39, ST JAMES'S STREET SW1, Non Civil Parish - 1226543 Historic England https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1226543 2026-08-18 historicengland.org.uk en History The building was constructed between 1907 and 1909 for the Norwich Union. It was intended to house their West End branch along with providing space for shops as well as offices or a gentleman's club to be accommodated in the upper floors. It was designed by Runtz & Ford.Piccadilly, South Side British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols29-30/pt1/pp251-270 2026-08-18 www.british-history.ac.uk Design The buildings employ an Edwardian baroque style, with a ground floor of Welsh jasper and upper levels of Pentelic and Cipollino marble. A bronze arrangement of Justice by Hibbert Charles Binney adorns the corner.Bradley Simon Westminster Pevsner Nikolaus 2005 Penguin Books 978-0-300-09595-1 Repr. with corr London Harmondsworth 559 The building has been described as uncontrolled in its composition, and criticised for its design. Its decorated facades are inadequately paired with a discipline of arrangement. Francis Sheppard in the Survey of London would particularly particularly scathing, writing that its design "completely travesties the late Baroque manner of Richard Norman Shaw".Gray A. Stuart Edwardian Architecture: A Biographical Dictionary 1985 Wordsworth Editions 0-7156-2141-6 London 315 References Category:Grade II listed buildings in the City of Westminster Category:Grade II listed office buildings Category:Office buildings in London Category:Edwardian architecture in London Category:1909 establishments in England Category:Office buildings completed in 1909