40 Shoe Lane

Fleet Building at 40 Shoe Lane

Fleet Building harks back to another age when the Post Office was a government department responsible for Posts & Telecommunications. Buildings were large and spacious and a showcase of the evolving technologies.

Photo: Fleet Building © Light Straw April 2006.

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Overview

Fleet Building was another vast telecommunications centre, which was designed by W.S. Frost under guidance from chief architect Eric Bedford, of the Ministry of Works. This 14 storey building was completed in 1960 and occupied a large site between Shoe Lane and Farringdon Street.

40 Shoe Lane

	The Shoe Lane entrance had the legend 'Fleet Building' (in corporate font style) across the canopy. Photo: Fleet Building - 40 Shoe Lane © Light Straw April 2006.
	Fleet Building showing the 14 storey section towering above. Photo: Fleet Building on Shoe Lane and Stonecutter Street © Light Straw March 2012.
	Fleet Building had many different elevations. Photo: Fleet Building on Stonecutter Street © Light Straw March 2012.
	Notice the glass lightwell let into the pavement. Photo: Fleet Building - Stonecutter Street © Light Straw April 2006.
	This elevation of lower wall had mosaic tiles which were popular in the 1960s and 70s. Photo: Fleet Building - Stonecutter Street © Light Straw April 2006.
	Close up of the mosaic tiles. Photo: Fleet Building - Stonecutter Street © Light Straw April 2006.
70 Farringdon Street
	The steps, handrails and doors of the Farringdon Street entrance. Photo: Fleet Building - 70 Farringdon Street © Light Straw April 2006.
	Fleet Building - before demolition. Photo: Fleet Building - 70 Farringdon Street © Light Straw March 2012.

At the time of writing, owned by Goldman Sachs, and was in the process of being redeveloped. By February 2015 Fleet Building(s) had been razed to the ground.

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