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Apollo House
General information
Address	36 Wellesley Road
Town or city	Croydon
Country	United Kingdom
Construction started	1967
Completed	1970
Height	64m
Technical details
Floor count	22
Design and construction
Architect	Denis Crump & Partners
References
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=1573

Apollo House is a 22-storey high-rise office building at 36 Wellesley Road in the London Borough of Croydon, London, England. In common with a neighbouring building Lunar House and others developed by Harry Hyams, the building's name was inspired by the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969.

Like Lunar House, Apollo serves as the headquarters of UK Visas and Immigration, a division of the Home Office in the United Kingdom. The buildings at one time hosted the headquarters of the Property Services Agency (PSA), along with other 1960s office blocks, including those forming part of the Whitgift Centre. The PSA also had offices in central London, and a regional network of offices throughout the UK. Up until 2008, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Services section were based on floors 17 and 18.

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