Thursday, 12 March 2015

Warner House / EC1R

Warner House was originally built in 1937-8 to a design by Waite & Waite to be occupied by printers, a lens manufacturer and stores for the Post Office. In 1993-6 the building was converted to apartments  by Eastglen Property Services Ltd, in conjunction with GJP Practice and Vincent Grant Partnership [info source: British History Online]. The conversion included an additional double-height penthouse floor with its distinctive Modernist take on flying buttresses. Warner Street, London Borough of Islington.

(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 - credit: Images George Rex.)