No. 1 Croydon
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51.3749°N 0.0910°W / 51.3749; -0.0910
No. 1 Croydon | |
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Former names | NLA Tower |
General information | |
Address | 12-16 Addiscombe Road |
Town or city | East Croydon, Greater London |
Country | England |
Completed | 1970 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Richard Seifert & Partners |
Structural engineer | Triton |
No. 1 Croydon (formerly the NLA Tower, and colloquially the 50p Building, the Weddingcake or the Threepenny bit building)[1] is a tall building at 12–16 Addiscombe Road, Croydon, Greater London, next to East Croydon station. It was designed by Richard Seifert & Partners and completed in 1970. It has 24 storeys and is 269 feet (82 m) high. 'NLA' stood for 'Noble Lowndes Annuities'.[2] It was one of many new buildings constructed in the growing town of Croydon in the 1960s.[3] The development of tall buildings was later encouraged in the 2004 London Plan,[4] which led to the erection of new skyscrapers as Greater London went through a high-rise boom.