Adelaide House is located on the north bank of the Thames, adjacent to London Bridge and St Magnus the Martyr church.

It was designed in the Art Deco style by Sir John Burnet and Thomas S. Tait,[3] with some Egyptian influences, popular at the time after the recent discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb.

The building features a sculpture by William Reid Dick above the main entrance, depicting a 3.2 metre high figure in draped materials carrying an orb with an astrological band.

Adelaide House was the first building in the City to employ the steel frame technique that was later widely adopted for skyscrapers around the world, and also the first office block the United Kingdom to have central ventilation and telephone and electric connections on every floor.

[4] Work on the refurbishment started in late 2023, with aims to renovate the building to category A office standard, including reopening the roof terrace area.