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Latitude: 52.4793 / 52°28'45"N
Longitude: -1.9026 / 1°54'9"W
OS Eastings: 406714
OS Northings: 286819
OS Grid: SP067868
Mapcode National: GBR 5Z9.T4
Mapcode Global: VH9YW.ZY18
Plus Code: 9C4WF3HW+PX
Entry Name: General Post Office
Listing Date: 25 September 1972
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1076142
English Heritage Legacy ID: 217696
Also known as: Birmingham Head Post Office
General Post Office, Birmingham
ID on this website: 101076142
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands, B2
County: Birmingham
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Birmingham
Traditional County: Warwickshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Midlands
Church of England Parish: Cathedral Church of St Philip Birmingham
Church of England Diocese: Birmingham
Tagged with: Office building French Renaissance architecture
VICTORIA SQUARE
1.
5104
City Centre B3
General Post Office
SP 0686 NE 33/39 25.9.72
II
2.
1889-91 by Sir Henry Tanner. Stone; slate roof. Three storeys plus attic;
5 bays, the centre one slightly advanced and with superimposed orders,
plus diagonal corner bays with pedimented entrances and also with
superimposed orders. Ground floor with arched openings. First and second
floors with cross windows. Exceedingly lively skyline with an arched window
within a pedimented attic flanked by steeply pitched roofs with dormer windows
and corner polygonal turrets with pediments, little domes and urns as finials.
Listing NGR: SP0671486818
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