Putney Wharf Tower is a tall apartment building at Putney Wharf,

Putney Putney () is a district of southwest London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. History Putney is an ancient paris ...

, London SW15 2JX, on the

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, close to

Putney Bridge Putney Bridge is a Grade II listed bridge over the River Thames in west London, linking Putney on the south side with Fulham to the north. The bridge has medieval parish churches beside its abutments: St Mary's Church, Putney is built on the so ...

. It was originally a 1960s office block for

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(ICL), until the fifteen stories was reclad in 2003 and redeveloped for residential use by Patel Taylor and

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. It was built with a restaurant/bar, ''The Rocket'' on the ground floor, which was later taken over by the

Wetherspoons J D Wetherspoon plc (branded variously as Wetherspoon or Wetherspoons, and colloquially known as Spoons) is a pub company operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company was founded in 1979 by Tim Martin and is based in Watford. It op ...

pub chain. A curved riverside extension, terracotta cladding and an extra four floors were added to the 1960s block to create a block of 67 two and three bed apartments. Either side of the tower on the riverside are two squares, Church square with St Mary's Church and Putney Wharf Piazza with The Boathouse pub, the tower lies within the Putney Embankment Conservation Area.

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