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St Olaf House is a
St Olaf House was built between 1928 and 1932 by Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel as a headquarters for the Hay's Wharf Company. The house was built on the site of the demolished
Grade II* listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
building on Tooley Street in the London Borough of Southwark. The house was built on the site of St Olave's Church, Southwark
St Olave's Church, Southwark was a church in Southwark, England which is believed to be mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. It was located on Tooley Street which is named after the church, i.e. 't'olous'. It became redundant in 1926 and was d ...
between 1928 and 1932, and is now part of London Bridge Hospital.
History
St Olaf House was built between 1928 and 1932 by Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel as a headquarters for the Hay's Wharf Company. The house was built on the site of the demolished St Olave's Church, Southwark
St Olave's Church, Southwark was a church in Southwark, England which is believed to be mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. It was located on Tooley Street which is named after the church, i.e. 't'olous'. It became redundant in 1926 and was d ...
, in the art deco style. The building is made out of Portland stone
Portland stone is a limestone from the Tithonian stage of the Jurassic period quarried on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. The quarries are cut in beds of white-grey limestone separated by chert beds. It has been used extensively as a building sto ...
. It is six storeys high, T-shaped, and faces the River Thames. The entrance hall has a terrazzo floor. The outside has 39 terracota panels designed by Frank Dobson. Outside the building, there is also a Dobson designed black and gold mosaic of Olaf II of Norway, who helped protect London from the Danes in 1014, and an inscription about the former St Olave's Church.
Hay's Wharf became disused in 1969. In the 1980s, St Olaf House was purchased by London Bridge Hospital, and is used for consultation rooms and their cardiology department. The house became a Grade II* listed building in 1971, and is part of the Tooley Street conservation area.
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*{{National Heritage List for England, num=1385977 Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Southwark Grade II* listed houses in London Hospital buildings completed in 1932 Art Deco architecture in London Grade II* listed hospital buildings