# Daily Telegraph Building

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thumb|Daily Telegraph Building
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The '''Daily Telegraph Building,''' also known as '''Peterborough Court''',<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=History – Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Inaugurates Goldman Sachs' New European Headquarters |url=https://www.goldmansachs.com/our-firm/history/moments/1991-peterborough-court.html |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=[Goldman Sachs](/source/Goldman_Sachs) |language=en-US}}</ref> is an [Art Deco](/source/Art_Deco) office building with Egyptian decorations and a monumental colonnade [façade](/source/fa%C3%A7ade), located at 135–141 [Fleet Street](/source/Fleet_Street), London.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=The London Encyclopedia|page=300|publisher=Pan Macmillan|year=2008|isbn=978-1-405-04924-5}}</ref>

The building was designed by Charles Ernest Elcock, after consulting with [Thomas S. Tait](/source/Thomas_S._Tait), and opened in 1928.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Egyptian Revival: Ancient Egypt as the Inspiration for Design Motifs in the West|first=James Stevens|last=Curl|page=412|publisher=Routledge|year=2013|isbn=978-1-134-23467-7}}</ref> The building is eight storeys tall and seven windows wide, and made of [Portland stone](/source/Portland_stone). There is a large clock hanging above the street level. The building has been Grade II listed since 1983.<ref>{{Cite news |title=7 of the Best Art Deco Buildings in London {{!}} Architectural Digest |language=en |work=Architectural Digest |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/art-deco-london |access-date=24 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BUILDING, City and County of the City of London – 1358917{{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1358917 |access-date=24 September 2018 |publisher=historicengland.org.uk}}</ref>

It was originally the head office of the British newspaper ''[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)'', before the company moved out in the 1980s following the [Wapping dispute](/source/Wapping_dispute). The newspaper's diary column was named "Peterborough" after the building until 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-02-25 |title=RIP Peterborough: By Jove! It's the end of an era |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/rip-peterborough-by-jove-it-s-the-end-of-an-era-120293.html |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The "Peterborough" diary name was revived in 2021 [https://twitter.com/christopherhope/status/1441753921966383106?lang=en-GB]. From 1991 to 2019 Peterborough Court was the European headquarters of the investment bank [Goldman Sachs](/source/Goldman_Sachs).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite book|title=London's Contemporary Architecture: An Explorer's Guide|page=103|first1=Ken|last1=Allinson|first2=Victoria|last2=Thornton|publisher=Routledge|year=2014|isbn=978-1-317-69046-7}}</ref> In 2021 the building's owners, members of the [Qatari royal family](/source/House_of_Thani), announced plans to spend £90&nbsp;million redeveloping the building.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Howard |first=Tom |title=Qatari royals turn new page on Fleet Street at former Telegraph HQ |language=en |work=The Times|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/qatari-royals-turn-new-page-on-fleet-street-at-former-telegraph-hq-vr8ntdfv9 |access-date=2022-10-09 }}</ref>

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