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263: 233:, which had previously stood on the site). The main entrance, on Newgate Street, was built on the alignment of Bath Street, which had been closed since 1934 and was completely covered by the new building. In 1997-99 the interior of the building was substantially updated, 'to make better use of space, conform to modern approaches to working, and exploit the latest telecommunications technology for more effective and fulfilling working'. 42: 1478: 804: 1513: 278:. The Telegraph Office building was originally built in 1874. It was damaged by a German bomb in 1917, and more severely damaged by bombing in 1940 when the interior was burned out; it reopened in 1943. By the 1950s, the volume of telegraph traffic had declined; the Telegraph Office closed in 1963, Subsequently, the building was declared unsafe and was demolished in 1967. Following 1490: 560: 245:. Their new headquarters was opened in November 2021 (in the intervening time they had continued to occupy the BT Centre in a leaseback deal). As of 2023, the 81 Newgate Street was being very substantially altered in what was described as a ' 1579: 249:
and expansion' of the property: the building's structural frame is being retained but it is otherwise being entirely rebuilt to create flexible office space, retail units and a roof garden with a restaurant. 'Its
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will change considerably, with a portion of the front removed to reduce its impact on key views and new bays added stepping down from north to south creating accessible terraces'.
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made the first public transmission of wireless signals, in 1897 while it was the Central Telegraph Office building of the
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In 2019, BT sold the building and revealed plans to relocate their offices to 1 Braham Street near
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A plaque on the outside of the building marks this as the location from which
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Being the global headquarters and registered office of former tenant,
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Telecommunications company headquarters in the United Kingdom
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This article about a London building or structure is a
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in a 'modern and forward-looking' style (though its
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BT Centre

London
Coordinates
51°30′56″N 0°05′52″W / 51.5156°N 0.0978°W / 51.5156; -0.0978
BT Group
office
Newgate Street
City of London
St Paul's tube station
BT Group
General Post Office
HSBC
8 Canada Square
Kohn Pedersen Fox
British Telecom
Property Services Agency
Portland stone
granite
Central Telegraph Office
Aldgate East tube station
retrofit
massing

Guglielmo Marconi
General Post Office complex
archaeological investigations
Museum of London
"Contact BT"
Archived

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