Apollo House (Croydon)

Apollo House
Apollo House
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General information
Address36 Wellesley Road
Town or cityCroydon
CountryUnited Kingdom
Construction started1967
Completed1970
Height64m
Technical details
Floor count22
Design and construction
Architect(s)Denis Crump & Partners
References
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=1573

Apollo House is a 22-storey high-rise office building at 36 Wellesley Road in the London Borough of Croydon, London, England. In common with a neighbouring building Lunar House and others developed by Harry Hyams,[1] the building's name was inspired by the Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969.

Like Lunar House, Apollo serves as the headquarters of UK Visas and Immigration, a division of the Home Office in the United Kingdom. The buildings at one time hosted the headquarters of the Property Services Agency (PSA),[2] along with other 1960s office blocks, including those forming part of the Whitgift Centre. The PSA also had offices in central London, and a regional network of offices throughout the UK. Up until 2008, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Services section were based on floors 17 and 18.[3] Now, the Home Office possesses this area.

Not to be confused with the fictional 'Apollo House' from Peep Show, the building used is Zodiac Court located on London Road in West Croydon.

References

  1. ^ Knowles, Kitty (10 December 2013). "Concretopia: to Space Age Croydon and beyond". eastlondonlines.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  2. ^ Menetic Engineer (28 October 2009). "Croydon: Lunar House and Apollo House – UK Border Agency". cyberpunk.org.uk. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  3. ^ "[1]" Archived 2012-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
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