Royal Mint Court

51°30′33″N 0°04′22″W / 51.5092894°N 0.0729155°W / 51.5092894; -0.0729155

Royal Mint Court, formerly known as Eastminster, is a building complex in Tower Hamlets. It is located in front of the Tower Bridge and is close to the City of London financial district. The site was the home of the Royal Mint from 1809 until 1967 and was earlier the site of a Cistercian abbey, built in 1348 and known in its time as Eastminster. Eastminster's foundations are relatively well preserved and visible in the partially open basement of the site.

After the dissolution of the monasteries, the 5.5 acre (2 hectare) property was used as a victualling yard for the Royal Navy, then as a tobacco warehouse, before becoming a mint in 1809. After the mint relocated, the site was redeveloped in 1987 by the Crown Estate Commissioners with a new office and residential block added to the complex alongside the two remaining Grade II listed mint buildings. The 100 residential homes were leasehold properties and Queen Elizabeth II was the Superior Landlord.

In 2017, Royal Mint Court was again set to be redeveloped with plans for a new office, shopping and leisure complex. Planning permission was granted in July 2016. In May 2018, the site was sold to China to be used for their new London embassy. As the freeholder, China became the superior landlord over the 100 leasehold homes. David Chipperfield was appointed as the architect for development of the site in 2020.