Tower Bride Road
176 Tower Bridge Road, is another building that should receive Grade II Listed Status due to it's history within the borough.
Before the opening of this building the Technical College for the City of London Leather Industry was resident at the Herolds Institute in conjunction with the Leather Sellers Company of the City of London, the LCC, and the Borough Polytechnic. In the original picture the name of the building can be seen across the building below the upper floors. Opened in 1909 by the Lord Mayor of London, this building became the Leather Sellers Technical College, instruction was given on the practical, theoretical and scientific side of the practice of leather manufacture. The College in its time contained the most up to date machinery in the world, which allowed students to carry out most processes in leather manufacture.
Today, the building is known as Osteopath House, and is the Head Office of the General Osteopath Council, who regulate the practice of Osteopathy in the UK.
From the old picture, we can see the building next door was the George Payne Coffee Warehouse in Tower Bridge Road.