St Alphage House was a 1960s office block on
Fore Street
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in the
City of London
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. It was built by the developer
Maurice Wingate
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to a design by
Maurice Sanders Associates. It was named after
Saint Alphege and the church of
St Alphage London Wall, whose ruins stand below where the building stood. It was built as part of the redevelopment of
London Wall
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, and was one of a series of similar blocks built between 1957 and 1976.
In 2009, it was announced that the building was to be "stripped out" by the
City of London Corporation
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for tax reasons.
The site was proposed for redevelopment on numerous occasions and was eventually demolished from 2013 onwards.
is nearby.
References
Skyscrapers in the City of London
Office buildings completed in 1962
Skyscraper office buildings in London
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