Waverley Telephone Exchange Including Boundary Walls And Ancillary Building, British Telecom, 12 East London Street

Waverley Telephone Exchange, built in 1964 by R Saddler, is a tall three-storey, 14-bay, rectangular-plan Modernist telephone exchange that features a later addition of a third floor. The principal elevation includes an advanced two-storey, 12-bay section with pilasters. The building showcases protruding terrazzo detailed concrete ribbed elements along with vertically aligned precast concrete pebble dashed panels on the main elevations. A decorative coloured tile panel is located above the former main entrance, and there is a parapet wall railing supported by posts. At the rear, there is a small single-storey half sunken boiler room block, and a square-roofed access building is situated at the southeast corner of the flat roof. The pavement has a tiled grid pattern that reflects the main elevation facing East London Street. To the right, there is a low, walled gateway that includes an integral ancillary building.

The lower floors feature metal windows with integral grilles and applied reflective film, while the second floor has powder-coated metal replacement windows. The building also has cast-iron rainwater goods.

Inside, the space remains in use as a telephone exchange as of 2007, with plain utilitarian detailing that includes banks of transformers and cabling on each floor.