Property Description

We may have been too reserved with this description as many would regard 5 St James’s Square as super prime West End office space, and we would be inclined to agree.

The address offers exceptional office space within a special building with an enthralling history. In recent times, it acted as the headquarters office of Rio Tinto, yet it experienced many lives before that incarnation.

The district itself has a fascinating past that is entwined with royal heritage – King Charles II sold off land adjacent to St James’s Palace in the 1600s and the Earl of St Albans, Henry Jermyn, then developed the land around St James’s Square in 1660 transforming the area into aristocratic residential developments in close proximity to the Royal Palace and the surrounding parkland.

In 1664, St James’s Square took shape and became the centrepiece of this new development.

Now a Grade II* listed demarking it a particularly important building of more than special interest, 5 St James’s was built between 1748 and 1751 by Matthew Brettingham for William Wentworth, the Earl of Strafford – the property is considered to be amongst the best-surviving buildings of its age and style in the capital.

Also known as Wentworth House, the plan behind the building was derived from the wing at the country house that Brettingham was also working in the 1740s and 50s.

The palatial town mansion which sits at the northeast corner of one of the most sought-after garden squares in London’s West End was refaced on its front elevation from Georgian brickwork to Portland stone in the 1850s and had an extra floor added at the same time.

In the 21^st Century, through careful and informed restoration, the interiors have been elevated whilst respecting the building’s eighteenth and nineteenth-century exquisite interior decoration and joinery.

5 St James’s Square, today, has been meticulously refurbished and offers 16,000 sqft of office space of exceptionally high standard and boasts luxury finishes, modern technology, and innovatively designed spaces.

Impressively, for a building of this vintage, 5 St James’s Square is an environmentally friendly property and has achieved ‘Very Good’ BREEAM accreditation through its careful modernisation process.

The property offers a generous variety of flexible office layouts including open plan and open plan with executive offices.

If you would like to arrange a tour of this prime office space in St James’s or would simply like some further information then please do contact us as we would be delighted to assist.

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