"Ibex House is a Grade II-listed building that was built near the Tower of London between 1935-37 as a speculative office development, and was given heritage protection in 1982. Described as "the city's most up-to-date office building" when ot opened in September 1937, it was quickly filled up with occupants. About half the building was rented to private companies, with the government (the Air Ministry, the Admiralty, and the Office of Works) taking the rest."
"The new owners have come back with a revised scheme that slightly extends the two upper floors, but is more about refurbishing the open-plan office interior into a hotel layout. They also plan to reopen the corner pub, the Peacock, which was included in the building as a replacement for the pub that stood on the site prior to the 1930s, but closed around the time of the pandemic lockdown."
"As a listed building, it would have been harder to rebuild the interior to meet modern office requirements, so a hotel conversion is one of the few alternative uses the building could have been put to. As part of the application process, the hotel will include a training academy for future hotel workers and will offer its commercial meeting rooms to local organisations free of charge. A new swimming pool in the basement will also be open to City of London social housing residents living nearby."
Ibex House, a Grade II-listed Art Deco office building constructed near the Tower of London between 1935-37, originally housed private companies and government offices and later occupants such as Radio Rentals. A previously approved basement excavation to create a ballroom-style space never proceeded. The new owners propose a revised scheme that modestly extends the two upper floors and converts the open-plan office interior into a hotel layout, including reopening the Peacock pub. Premium rooms will use the building's curved staircases. The hotel plans include a training academy, free meeting room access for local organisations, and a basement pool available to nearby social housing residents. The City of London approved the plans last week.
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