Telephone House is a Grade II listed office building that stands on the eastern side of Temple Avenue between Tallis Street and the Victoria Embankment.
History The building was constructed between 1898 and 1902 for the National Telephone Company, which had found success in amalgamating a number of smaller telephone networks. It was designed by Albert Nelson Bromley who worked with the company on a number of their buildings.
The building currently hosts the London offices of Gibson Dunn, although plans to move to offices at One Exchange Square were announced in 2026.
Description The building sits opposite Hamilton House and Temple Chambers across Temple Avenue and Temple House across Tallis Street. It also stands adjacent to the Neo-Tudor Carmelite House which housed the Daily Mail.
The building's design is a large massing of stone in an early example of an Edwardian Baroque style. The Temple Avenue frontage is decorated in high relief and made of 21 bays. A pedimented centre is flanked by large gabled pavilions at each end. The first floor pediments are topped with cherubs holding telephone handsets.
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