One The Elephant is a residential apartment development, in
Elephant and Castle in the
London Borough of Southwark, centred around a 37-storey 124m tall tower. At the base of the tower is an adjoining four-storey L-shaped pavilion containing apartments and commercial units. The development lies immediately adjacent to the
Metropolitan Tabernacle and in close proximity to
Elephant and Castle tube station
Elephant & Castle is a London Underground station in the London Borough of Southwark in south London. It is on the Bank branch of the Northern line between Kennington and Borough stations, and is the southern terminus of the Bakerloo line, the ...
a
Zone 1 London Underground
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent ceremonial counties of England, counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and He ...
station.
Planning consent was granted in 2012. The then Mayor of London,
Boris Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (; born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer and journalist who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as F ...
, visited the site as construction began in 2013. The development was completed in summer 2016.
The development comprises 284 studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments with 254 in the tower and 30 in the attached four-storey pavilion.
The building is located on the site of a council-owned leisure centre (that featured a swimming pool (closed for many years), a gym, squash courts and a sports hall). The building contains no
affordable housing, with the developer
Lendlease making a £3m payment in lieu towards the development of adjacent leisure facility, the Castle Centre. Including that payment, the sale of the land and proceeds from an overage deal,
Southwark Council received £22m from the One The Elephant development which more than covered the £20m cost of the new leisure centre.
Awards
One The Elephant was awarded ''Best Residential High-rise Architecture London'' at the 2016 International Property Awards. The building was also shortlisted for the ''Best Residential High-rise Architecture UK'' award.
See also
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Strata SE1
Strata SE1 is a , 43-storey, multi-award-winning, building at Elephant & Castle in the London Borough of Southwark with more than 1,000 residents living in its 408 flats.
At the time of its construction, the building, designed by BFLS (former ...
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Highpoint (building)
Highpoint (also 80 Newington Butts, and previously referred to as 360 London) is a 142-metre, 46-storey, 458-apartment residential tower in Elephant and Castle in the London Borough of Southwark in London on the site of the London Park Hotel.
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Skyscrapers in the London Borough of Southwark
Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Southwark
Redevelopment projects in London
Residential skyscrapers in London
Residential buildings completed in 2016