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The once grand offices of British Newspapers now await a new tenant

The Daily Telegraph Building

 

Newspaper offices with flats above 1928. Elcock C. Sutcliffe with Thomas Tait. Portland stone granite podium, six storeys including recessed top storey. Seven windows wide. Central entrance. Five centre bays set slightly forward within five storey panel with fluted frame. Giant columns between windows. Stone facia above first floor with words ¿Daily Telegraph¿. Outer bays with carriageways and vertical windows with zig zag panels between (only first floor retains original zigzag glazing). These rise to form towers. Bronze balconies and window frames including showcases with Egyptian ornament to ground floor and openwork bronze doors. Stone relief sculptures over door, same windows and to tops of tower. Large elaborate clock attached to third floor level.

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Uploaded on September 18, 2022
Taken on September 17, 2022