Watch as the Ricky Gervais character is immortalised on the Slough trading estate

David Brent has been given his own sculpture  – at a Premier Inn on the Slough Trading Estate.

The clay re-creation of Ricky Gervais’ character, marking 25 years since The Office UK first aired, was  unveiled by Brent impersonator Tim Oliver.

It will be a permanent installation at the  hotel, which was  built on the site of the now-demolished Crossbow House – the building used for the exterior shots of Wernham Hogg in the comedy's opening credits.

The bust took 120 hours to put together and weighs 7kg.

A Premier Inn  spokesperson said: ‘The exact site of the world’s most famous office, Wernham Hogg, is now a one of our hotels and so we’re thrilled to unveil this brilliant tribute to mark its place in British comedy history.

‘Ricky’s iconic character truly put Slough on the map, and it’s only fitting to honour him with this memorable statue, which we hope will be particularly popular with some of the millions of business travellers who stay with us each year.’

The hotel company also commissioned research of 2,000 adults which found David Brent’s Comic Relief dance was viewers’ favourite moments from the show.

It was followed by Dawn returning to the Christmas party to kiss Tim in the denouement of the festive special (15 per cent).

Next was Tim’s prank from the very first episode, encasing Gareth’s stapler in yellow jelly.

The study also voted The Office creators  Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant,  as the best comedy writing duo of the 21st century – with their 16 per cent vote narrowly beating James Corden and Ruth Jones, writers of Gavin & Stacey, on 15 per cent.

Here's how the site of Wernham Hogg has changed over 25 years:

Pictures by Darren Smith / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0

Published: 8 Jul 2026