Trafalgar Buildings

Trafalgar Buildings
General information
TypeCommercial
LocationLondon, England
Coordinates51°30′26″N 0°07′37″W / 51.507220°N 0.126899°W / 51.507220; -0.126899
Completed
1883
Design and construction
ArchitectsF. and H. Francis
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name
Trafalgar Buildings
Designated01 December 1987
Reference no.1266434

The Trafalgar Buildings are a set of Grade II listed buildings on the corner of Trafalgar Square and Whitehall in London.

History

The Trafalgar Buildings were built as part of a broader development by Frederick Gordon which included many hotels along Northumberland Avenue. The road had been newly built as a cut through from Trafalgar Square to the Victoria Embankment on the former site of Northumberland House.

They were designed by Frederick John and Horace Francis and built between 1882 and 1883. Additions by Edwin Cooper were carried out in 1913.

The buildings were used as offices, with refurbishment first proposed in 2020. In 2025, an application for converting the buildings into a hotel was rejected but later given the go-ahead in 2026.

References

  1. ↑ "Trafalgar Buildings, Non Civil Parish - 1266434 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
  2. 1 2 Bradley, Simon; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2005). Westminster. London (Repr. with corr ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 355. ISBN 978-0-300-09595-1.
  3. ↑ "Trafalgar Buildings - New Development - Westminster, London SW1A". www.buildington.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
  4. ↑ "Green light for Criterion's Trafalgar Buildings hotel conversion". Green Street News. Retrieved 2026-06-23.

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