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Switch House East and West

Homes in the Power Station·Battersea

Phase 2 · completed 2021–22

Loft homes in the Power Station’s two switch houses, with original brick and steel inside.

An open-plan apartment in Switch House East, with brick piers and tall windows on the Thames — Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © Battersea Power Station · Taran Wilkhu

A long living room in one of the apartments inside the Power Station — Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © Battersea Power Station

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About Switch House East and West

The two switch houses that form the “shoulders” of the Power Station once held its switchgear, laboratories and battery rooms. Restored by WilkinsonEyre, they are now the 254 apartments inside the landmark. Switch House West, from the 1930s, was the first part of the building to be completed, in June 2021, with 98 homes; Switch House East followed in January 2022 with 119. Inside the old walls the flats keep their original brickwork and riveted steel, with interiors by Michaelis Boyd in two palettes named after the building’s eras, Heritage 33 and Heritage 47. Three new glazed floors on top hold duplexes with terraces, and residents share private courtyards and a rooftop garden above Turbine Hall B. Riveted girders found on site became the concierge desk.