Leadenhall Building

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commercial building high-rise building landmark office building skyscraper

The Leadenhall Building is a distinctive, tapering skyscraper in the City of London, popularly nicknamed "The Cheesegrater" for its unique wedge-shaped profile.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Leadenhall Building canonical	6
122 Leadenhall Street	3
The Leadenhall Building	3
139–144 Leadenhall Street	1
40 Leadenhall Street	1
Cheesegrater (Leadenhall Building)	1
The Leadenhall Building, London	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4697862 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Leadenhall Building
Context triple: [The Cheesegrater, officialName, Leadenhall Building]

A. Bishopsgate
Bishopsgate is a historic street and district in the City of London known for its mix of financial institutions, modern skyscrapers, and preserved medieval and Victorian architecture.
B. Royal Exchange building
The Royal Exchange building is a historic former commodities exchange in Manchester, England, now best known as the distinctive home of the Royal Exchange Theatre.
C. Lloyd's building
The Lloyd's building is a landmark high-tech office building in London, known for its radical "inside-out" design with services such as staircases and ducts exposed on the exterior.
D. Leadenhall Market
Leadenhall Market is a historic covered market in the City of London, renowned for its ornate Victorian architecture, boutique shops, and food stalls.
E. Royal Exchange, London
The Royal Exchange in London is a historic commercial building in the City of London that has long served as a center for trade and finance, now housing luxury shops, restaurants, and offices.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Leadenhall Building
Target entity description: The Leadenhall Building is a distinctive, tapering skyscraper in the City of London, popularly nicknamed "The Cheesegrater" for its unique wedge-shaped profile.

A. Bishopsgate
Bishopsgate is a historic street and district in the City of London known for its mix of financial institutions, modern skyscrapers, and preserved medieval and Victorian architecture.
B. Royal Exchange building
The Royal Exchange building is a historic former commodities exchange in Manchester, England, now best known as the distinctive home of the Royal Exchange Theatre.
C. Lloyd's building
The Lloyd's building is a landmark high-tech office building in London, known for its radical "inside-out" design with services such as staircases and ducts exposed on the exterior.
D. Leadenhall Market
Leadenhall Market is a historic covered market in the City of London, renowned for its ornate Victorian architecture, boutique shops, and food stalls.
E. Royal Exchange, London
The Royal Exchange in London is a historic commercial building in the City of London that has long served as a center for trade and finance, now housing luxury shops, restaurants, and offices.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commercial building ⓘ high-rise building ⓘ landmark ⓘ office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ
architect	Richard Rogers ⓘ Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners ⓘ
architecturalStyle	high-tech architecture ⓘ
buildingType	office ⓘ
cityRankByHeight	one of the tallest buildings in the City of London ⓘ
constructionStart	2011 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
developer	British Land ⓘ Oxford Properties ⓘ linked to: Oxford Properties Group
engineeringFeature	mega-frame structure ⓘ services and circulation in external core ⓘ
floorArea	approximately 84,424 square metres ⓘ approximately 908,000 square feet ⓘ
floorCount	48 ⓘ
hasFeature	external steel bracing ⓘ public atrium at ground level ⓘ sloping north façade ⓘ
hasLiftCount	29 ⓘ
hasPublicSpace	covered open space at base ⓘ
height	225 metres ⓘ 737 feet ⓘ
latitude	51.5135 ⓘ
location	City of London ⓘ England ⓘ London ⓘ linked to: London, England United Kingdom ⓘ
longitude	-0.0825 ⓘ
material	glass ⓘ steel ⓘ
nearbyLandmark	Leadenhall Market ⓘ Lloyd’s building ⓘ linked to: Lloyd's building
nickname	The Cheesegrater ⓘ
owner	CC Land Holdings ⓘ
partOf	London skyline ⓘ
postalCode	EC3V 4AB ⓘ
roofShape	tapering wedge ⓘ
status	completed ⓘ
streetAddress	122 Leadenhall Street ⓘ
structuralEngineer	Arup ⓘ linked to: Ove Arup & Partners
toppedOut	2013 ⓘ
use	commercial offices ⓘ
viewCorridorProtection	designed to preserve views of St Paul’s Cathedral ⓘ
yearCompleted	2014 ⓘ

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