| Image Alt: | Photo of Minerva House taken circa 1985 |
| Map Type: | United Kingdom London Southwark |
| Map Alt: | Map of Southwalk, London showing the location of Minerva House |
| Coordinates: | 51.5068°N -0.0899°W |
| Etymology: | Minerva, Roman goddess of wisdom and sponsor of arts, trade & strategy |
| Status: | Complete |
| Location: | Southwark |
| Address: | 5 Montague Close |
| Location City: | London SE1 9BB |
| Location Country: | UK |
| Current Tenants: | Winckworth Sherwood LLP and Ipsos Mori |
| Topped Out Date: | 1983 |
| Destruction Date: | --> |
| Owner: | Great Portland Estates |
| Material: | Yellow brick |
| Floor Count: | Six |
| Architecture Firm: | Twigg, Brown & Partners |
| Unit Count: | --> |
Minerva House was built between 1979 and 1983 as the London office of Grindlays Bank with Twigg, Brown & Partners as architects.[1] The yellow brick building features narrow windows between closely paired piers. It sits on the south bank of the River Thames just west of London Bridge.
Cartographic sources show that the site has previously housed:
Minerva House was sold for around £42 million in 2005[5] and for £60 million in 2012.
Following the acquisition of Grindlays by Standard Chartered Bank in 2000, the building was refurbished during 2006[6] and is now in mixed use with of office space over six floors and thirty four flats[7] in of residential space.[8]
The current owners are Great Portland Estates with four office space tenants: Winckworth Sherwood LLP, TUI, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and Wandle Housing Association Ltd