Cromwell Tower by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, 1973
Seen from Golden Lane
Beech Street, City of London
London, May 2023
“The estate also contains three of London's tallest residential towers, at 42 storeys and 123 metres (404 ft) high. The top two or three floors of each block comprise three penthouse flats. The towers are:
- Cromwell Tower, completed in 1973 – named after Oliver Cromwell
- Lauderdale Tower, completed in 1974 – named after the Earls of Lauderdale
- Shakespeare Tower, completed in 1976 – named after William Shakespeare
Once the tallest residential towers in London, they were surpassed by the Pan Peninsula development on the Isle of Dogs.” (Barbican Estate, Wikipedia)
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