Town Hall, Birmingham
Description: Town Hall
Grade: I
Date Listed: 25 April 1952
English Heritage Building ID: 217694
OS Grid Reference: SP0664086849
OS Grid Coordinates: 406640, 286849
Latitude/Longitude: 52.4795, -1.9036
Location: 1 Victoria Square, Birmingham B3 3AG
Locality: Birmingham
County: Birmingham
Country: England
Postcode: B3 3AG
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Listing Text
VICTORIA SQUARE
1.
5104
City Centre B3
Town Hall
SP 0686 NE 33/37 25.4.52
2.
Won in competition in 1830 by J A Hansom and E Welch; building started 1832 and
completed and enlarged by Charles Edge. Anglesey marble. Peripteral temple of
the Corinthian order, 8 bays by 15, and raised on a high rusticated podium with
round headed openings. In the walls of the cellar tall windows within eared
surrounds and standing on a moulded string course. The interior altered 1926-7.
Listing NGR: SP0664086849
Source: English Heritage
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