Minerva House

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.

The site
Cartographic sources show that the site has previously housed:
 * The Close of the nearby Southwark Cathedral since the 14th century
 * Hibernia Wharf since at least 1888
 * New Hibernia Wharf since at least 1947

Sales
Minerva House was sold for around £42 million in 2005 and for £60 million in 2012.

Use
Following the acquisition of Grindlays by Standard Chartered Bank in 2000, the building was refurbished during 2006 and is now in mixed use with 103686 sqft of office space over six floors and thirty four flats in 11900 sqft of residential space.

Owners
The current owners are Great Portland Estates with four office space tenants: Winckworth Sherwood LLP, TUI, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and Wandle Housing Association Ltd