Call for Landsec’s latest City tower to be refused over impact on listed bath house

By Tom Lowe2023-07-20T10:05:00

Source: Fletcher Priest Architects / Landsec

Victorian Society says 24-storey 55 Old Broad Street scheme would pave way for Sellar’s controversial Liverpool Street plans

The Victorian Society is calling for the City of London to reject Fletcher Priest’s plans for a 24-storey tower which would be partially cantilevered over a listed Victorian bath house.

The heritage group said the 55 Old Broad Street scheme, for developer Landsec, would “engulf” the 1895 Turkish-style bath house and harm views of neighbouring conservation areas.

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