Africa House

Africa House is a large office block with shops on the ground floor, built between 1921 and 1922 by the architectural firm Trehearne and Norman. The building features a steel frame faced with Portland stone and stands six storeys tall, with an additional two-storey set-back attic. It has nine windows and a prominent double-height fluted Doric screen that flanks a round-arched entrance styled like a triumphal arch, which is inscribed with "Africa House" and topped with lions lying down.

The upper storeys are set back and include a central distyle-in-antis screen that rises from the third to the fifth floor. The windows on the fifth floor are metal-framed and feature Greek scroll aprons, with decorative elements above the bays that resemble pilasters. The building is topped with an entablature that has a deep mutule cornice and is surmounted by a pediment adorned with carved figures and animals. The plain attic storeys have a cornice and blocking course with a central antefixa. The design continues with a long screen at the return to Twyford Place. The interior has not been inspected.