A former barley warehouse, Waterfront House was one of the first derelict dockside buildings to be given a new lease of life. Built around 1880, some 50 years after the docks first opened in 1842, it was converted into state-of-the-art offices one hundred years later. It now has seven floors of offices, its crowning glory, a glass boardroom on the top floor with spectacular views down the River Orwell.