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Fleet Building harks back to another age when the Post Office was a government department responsible for Posts & Telecommunications. Buildings were large and spacious and a showcase of the evolving technologies. |
Fleet Building was another vast telecommunications centre, which was designed by W.S. Frost under guidance from chief architect Eric Bedford, of the Ministry of Works. This 14 storey building was completed in 1960 and occupied a large site between Shoe Lane and Farringdon Street.
40 Shoe Lane
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The Shoe Lane entrance had the legend 'Fleet Building' (in corporate font style) across the canopy. |
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The Ministry of Works commissioned a series of nine themed telecommunications murals which were designed and made by Miss Dorothy Annan. |
Post Office Telecommunications Journal Summer 1958: Planning the Fleet Building by J. Bellew.
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