Mercury House (London building)
- Mercury House (London building)
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For other uses, see Mercury House (disambiguation).
Mercury House is an office building at 124, Theobalds Road, Holborn, London, and has been headquarters to Cable & Wireless from 1955. It was opened by John Reith and was named after the Roman god.
The architect was Gordon Jeeves. The interiors were designed by H C Upton, Cable & Wireless's own architect. The three glass panels in the entrance were the work of John Hutton.
Since December 2006 the building has been home to MediaCom.
Rev. Barrister Maxwell James claims a Mercury House as the site of his offce. Unproven this is the same building.
Coordinates: 51°31′12″N 0°07′12″W / 51.5199°N 0.1200°W / 51.5199; -0.1200
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