Minerva House was built between 1979 and 1983 as the London office of Grindlays Bank with Twigg, Brown & Partners as architects. The yellow brick building features narrow windows between closely paired piers. It sits on the south bank of the River Thames just west of London Bridge.
History
The site
An extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:1,250 map of London sheet TQ3280SE published 1952 showing New Hibernia Wharf and environs
Cartographic sources show that the site has previously housed:
Minerva House was sold for around £42 million in 2005 and for £60 million in 2012.
Use
Main entrance c. 1986
Following the acquisition of Grindlays by Standard Chartered Bank in 2000, the building was refurbished during 2006 and is now in mixed use with 103,686 square feet (9,632.7 m) of office space over six floors and thirty four flats in 11,900 square feet (1,110 m) of residential space.
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