British Telecom Tower (Birmingham)

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British Telecom Tower

The tower from Great Charles Street Queensway.
Information
Location Lionel Street, Birmingham, England
Coordinates 52°29′0.31″N 1°54′15.95″W / 52.4834194, -1.9044306Coordinates: 52°29′0.31″N 1°54′15.95″W / 52.4834194, -1.9044306
Status Complete
Constructed 1966
Use Telecommunication
Height
Roof 152 m (500ft)
Floor count 31
Companies
Architect Ministry of Public Buildings and Works

The British Telecom Tower (formerly known as the Post Office Tower and, before that the GPO Tower) is a landmark in Birmingham, England, and is also among the tallest buildings in the city.

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Construction of the tower commenced in July 1963 and was completed in September 1965. The tower became operational in December 1966 and was officially opened by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Alderman James S. Meadows on October 5, 1967.[1] It has 26 storeys, housing technical areas and offices, and five levels of circular aerial galleries at the top.[2]

In August 2003, the tower was painted an ultramarine blue to cover the existing light brown which had started to become darker with pollution. The balconies were painted to stand out from the tower in a dark shade of blue. On March 18, 2004, Jasper Carrott switched on the night time illuminations of the tower in response to Birmingham City Council's policy of encouraging the illumination of local landmarks.[1]

The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal runs beneath the nearby, decommissioned, Brindley House Telephone Exchange. This may have been the only telephone exchange in the world, under which you could have passed by boat. Brindley House is currently undergoing a refurbishment into apartments. It will also be reclad and will be illuminated from the base.

It is known for being home to roosting Peregrines.

One of the Farmers Bridge Locks on the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal with the BT Tower behind - before it was repainted in 2003.

Another of the locks. This is not directly beneath the tower but under another BT building in the same telephone exchange complex.

The tower and surrounding buildings.

The tower after being repainted.

  1. ^ a b BT's towering achievement. Birmingham Post (2006-09-08). Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
  2. ^ Hanman, B.L.G., and Smith, N.D. (1965), Birmingham Radio Tower, Post Office Electrical Engineers' Journal, Vol. 58 Part 3, October 1965, pp. 182-186.

Buildings in Birmingham, England

Highrise (In height order): BT Tower | 10 Holloway Circus | Chamberlain Clock Tower | Alpha Tower | Orion Building | The Rotunda | 103 Colmore Row | Five Ways Tower | Centre City Tower | 1 Snow Hill Plaza | Quayside Tower | Colmore Gate | The McLaren Building | Metropolitan House | Edgbaston House | Post & Mail Building | Jury's Inn Birmingham

Notable lowrise: 1-7 Constitution Hill | 17 & 19 Newhall Street | Birmingham Assay Office | Baskerville House | Central Library | Council House | Curzon Street railway station | Great Western Arcade | ICC | The Mailbox | Methodist Central Hall | Millennium Point | The Old Crown | Paradise Forum | Birmingham Proof House | Sarehole Mill | Symphony Hall | Town Hall | Victoria Law Courts

Major railway stations: Moor Street station | New Street station | Snow Hill station
Major complexes: Brindleyplace | Bull Ring, Birmingham | Pallasades Shopping Centre
Sports venues: Alexander Stadium | Edgbaston Cricket Ground | NIA | St. Andrews | Villa Park
Lists of buildings: List of tallest buildings and structures in Birmingham | List of Birmingham board schools | Listed buildings in Birmingham
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