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List of tallest buildings and structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area, West Midlands facts for kids

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Tall buildings in Birmingham
Birmingham Skyline from the West.jpg
Birmingham's skyline viewed from the west in 2022, featuring the Mercian tower
Tallest building The Octagon (2025)
Tallest building height 155 m (509 ft)
First 150 m+ building The Octagon (2025)
Buildings above 100 m 9 (2025)
Buildings above 150 m 2 (2025)

Welcome to our guide about the tallest buildings and structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area, West Midlands! This list shows how tall buildings and other structures are, including their spires and fancy tops, but not things added later. The very tallest building in the Birmingham area is called Octagon. It's a huge 49-storey home tower, about 155 meters (509 feet) tall, located right in the middle of Birmingham city centre. Octagon became the tallest in September 2024, passing the 140-meter (458 feet) BT Tower and the 132-meter (433 feet) Mercian tower.

What is the Birmingham Metropolitan Area?

The Birmingham Metropolitan Area is a large urban area in the West Midlands part of England. It's home to about 4.3 million people, making it the second-biggest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom. This area includes three cities: Birmingham, Coventry, and Wolverhampton. It also has four important boroughs: Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, and Walsall.

The area also stretches into nearby places like Bromsgrove and Redditch in Worcestershire, and towns in Staffordshire and Warwickshire. All these places have at least one tall building or structure that is 35 meters (about 115 feet) or taller.

Some other towns and cities, like Lichfield and Cannock, are also connected to Birmingham's economy and transport, even if they are a bit further out. We've included their tall buildings in our lists too!

The Birmingham Metropolitan Area is made up of many different towns and cities, not just one big center. They are separated by green spaces. This means you can see many different styles of buildings, from very old ones like Medieval and Tudor to modern and Contemporary designs. Every period has at least one tall building or structure.

You'll notice that all the buildings listed on this page have a special color code. This color tells you which part of the Birmingham Metropolitan Area they are in. You can use the map to find out where each building is located!

Birmingham Metropolitan Area
Map of the Birmingham Metropolitan Area showing its built-up areas, morphological boundaries and catchment zones.

Birmingham's Tall Buildings

Birmingham is a city with lots of tall buildings! It has over 400 within its borders, more than any other UK city except London. Most of the tallest buildings and structures in the West Midlands region are right here in Birmingham.

Currently, Birmingham has eleven structures that are 100 meters (328 feet) or taller. Six more are being built right now. This makes Birmingham the third city in the UK with the most completed or under-construction tall buildings (100m or more).

Birmingham UK Panorama (Instagram@3johnnyg2022) – Cropped
The skyline of Birmingham viewed from the north, September 2020. The 108-meter office building 103 Colmore Row was completed in 2021. You can also see the 122-meter 10 Holloway Circus, the 152-meter BT Tower, and the 100-meter Alpha Tower. The 132-meter Mercian Tower was almost finished then.
Birmingham Skyline from Digbeth
A part of the Birmingham skyline from Digbeth, January 2023. You can spot the 61-meter steeple of St Martin in the Bull Ring church, the Rotunda, and the unique Selfridges Building. On the left, 10 Holloway Circus stands tall, and the 132-meter Mercian Tower is visible in the distance.

How Birmingham's Skyline Grew

The first structure in Birmingham to reach 100 meters (328 feet) was the Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower. It was built in 1908 and is still the tallest free-standing clock tower in the world!

Building really tall structures in Birmingham started after World War II, in the 1960s and 1970s. More than 25 commercial buildings over 50 meters (164 feet) tall were built in the city center. During this time, two more structures over 100 meters tall appeared: the 152-meter (499 feet) BT Tower (which is still the tallest non-building structure) and the 100-meter (328 feet) Alpha Tower. Many residential tower blocks were also built, though most of these have since been taken down.

Building slowed down in the 1980s and 1990s. But at the start of the 2000s, there was new excitement about building tall in central Birmingham. The 122-meter (397 feet) 10 Holloway Circus, finished in 2006, became the city's tallest building where people could live or work. The Brindleyplace area also saw many new tall office buildings.

After some new rules about building heights, many very tall building plans had to be changed or stopped. For example, the 245-meter (805 feet) Arena Central Tower, which was planned to be the tallest skyscraper in the UK, was never built. Because of this, some of Birmingham's most famous 21st-century buildings, like the Selfridges Building and the Library of Birmingham, are under 100 meters tall.

New and Future Tall Buildings

Chamberlain Square Birmingham (Cropped)
Octagon residential tower from Chamberlain Square in Birmingham City Centre, with Birmingham Town Hall and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery nearby. (March 2025)

Birmingham's City Council wants to build even more! Many tall buildings have been approved or are being built across the city center. These new developments will create exciting clusters of tall structures.

The city center is home to some of the tallest. The 155-meter (509 feet) Octagon tower is part of the Paradise project. It's the tallest octagon-shaped residential building in the world! Other approved towers like the 148-meter (486 feet) Centenary Tower and 110-meter (361 feet) Cambrian Wharf will join it soon.

In the Colmore Business District, the 108-meter (354 feet) 103 Colmore Row was finished in 2022. It became the tallest office building built outside London since 1973. Also, plans are in for a 48-storey residential tower called 2 Snowhill Plaza, which is set to become one of the largest 'Build to Rent' schemes.

In Westside and Ladywood, Moda Living's 132-meter (433 feet) Mercian residential tower was completed in 2022. It is currently the tallest of a group of high-rise buildings around Broad Street. Other significant residential projects in this area include Cortland Broad Street (111 meters), Bank Tower II (102 meters), and the approved 100 Broad Street (103 meters). The 145-meter (476 feet) Essington tower, approved for construction in 2024, will be even taller!

The Eastside district will soon have One Eastside, a 155-meter (509 feet) residential skyscraper. It is due for completion in 2025 and will be part of the entrance to Birmingham's new HS2 railway station. This tower will stand with the 111-meter (364 feet) Exchange Square, and another 124-meter (406 feet) tower at Glasswater Locks which is currently under construction. The Curzon Wharf masterplan also includes approval for two more tall buildings, one of which is a skyscraper rising to 172 meters (564 feet).

Many areas, like Digbeth, are also getting new tall buildings. The 113-meter (371 feet) Beorma Tower is currently under construction. Other approved towers include the 146-meter (479 feet) Tower Leaf, 122-meter (400 feet) Garrison Circus tower, 108-meter (354 feet) Clyde Street tower, and 102-meter (335 feet) Upper Trinity Street tower. A 32-storey mixed-use tower is planned for the large Smithfield site, which will connect Digbeth to the Southside and Highgate district.

In the future, if all approved, proposed, and emergent projects come to life, Birmingham's skyline will have more than 550 tall buildings and structures! This includes nine skyscrapers above 150 meters (492 feet) and 34 more towers above 100 meters (328 feet).

≥100 metres

This list ranks all complete and topped out buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that stand at least 100 metres (328 ft) tall, based on standard height measurements. An equals sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. Buildings that have been demolished are not included.

Updated December 2024

Rank Authority Auth. Rank Name Image Height Floors Year completed Primary Use District Alternative Name/s Coordinates Ref.
(m) (ft)
1= Birmingham 1= Octagon Octagon Birmingham.jpg 155 509 49 T/O Residential City Centre Paradise Phase 2 52°28′51″N 1°54′25″W / 52.4809624°N 1.9070729°W / 52.4809624; -1.9070729
Birmingham One Eastside One Eastside Birmingham.jpg 155 509 51 T/O Residential Eastside 52°28′56″N 1°53′24″W / 52.4822295°N 1.8900030°W / 52.4822295; -1.8900030
3 Birmingham 3 BT Tower BT Tower Birmingham 2021 (Roger Kidd).jpg 140 458 1966 Telecommunication Jewellery Quarter Post Office Tower
GPO Tower
52°29′01″N 1°54′15″W / 52.483547°N 1.904303°W / 52.483547; -1.904303
4 Birmingham 4 The Mercian Mercian Birmingham.jpg 132 433 42 2021 Residential Westside 2one2 Broad Street
Broad Street Tower
52°28′33″N 1°54′50″W / 52.475903°N 1.913821°W / 52.475903; -1.913821
Rugby 1 Cemex Tower Cemex Tower Rugby.jpg 123 400 2000 Works/Chimney New Bilton Rugby Cement Plant 52°22′42″N 1°17′19″W / 52.3782872°N 1.2886076°W / 52.3782872; -1.2886076
5 Birmingham 5 10 Holloway Circus Beetham Tower Birmingham.jpg 122 397 39 2005 Hotel / Residential Southside Holloway Circus Tower
Beetham Tower Birmingham
52°28′31″N 1°54′01″W / 52.475406°N 1.900164°W / 52.475406; -1.900164
6= Birmingham 6= Cortland Broad Street Cortland Broad Street.jpg 111 364 35 2023 Residential Westside The Square, Broad Street 52°28′28″N 1°54′59″W / 52.4745448°N 1.9163671°W / 52.4745448; -1.9163671
Birmingham The Silver Yard The Silver Yard.jpg 111 364 36 2023 Residential Eastside Exchange Square Phase 2, Tower 52°28′53″N 1°53′29″W / 52.4814801°N 1.8913368°W / 52.4814801; -1.8913368
8 Birmingham 8 103 Colmore Row 103 Colmore Row (completed).jpg 108 354 26 2020 Office Colmore Business District 52°28′51″N 1°54′04″W / 52.4808343°N 1.9010482°W / 52.4808343; -1.9010482
9 Birmingham 9 The Bank Tower II Bank II Tower Birmingham.jpg 102 335 33 2019 Residential Westside 52°28′33″N 1°54′50″W / 52.475903°N 1.913821°W / 52.475903; -1.913821
10= Birmingham 10= Alpha Tower Alpha Tower Birmingham.jpg 100 328 28 1973 Office Westside 52°28′43″N 1°54′23″W / 52.478611°N 1.906389°W / 52.478611; -1.906389
Birmingham Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower Old Joe Big.jpg 100 329 1908 Clock Tower Edgbaston Old Joe 52°26′59″N 1°55′50″W / 52.449844°N 1.930674°W / 52.449844; -1.930674

50–99 metres

This list ranks all complete and topped out buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that stand between 50 metres (164 ft) and 99 metres (325 ft) tall, based on standard height measurements. An equals sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. Buildings that have been demolished are not included.

Updated March 2025

Rank Authority Auth. Rank Name Image Height Floors Year completed Primary Use District Alternative Name/s Coordinates Ref.
(m) (ft)
12 Birmingham 12 South Central Tower South Central Tower.jpg 98 320 30 T/O Mixed-use Southside Essex Street Tower 52°28′24″N 1°53′57″W / 52.4734667°N 1.8992180°W / 52.4734667; -1.8992180
13 Birmingham 13 Sherlock Yard Sherlock Yard.jpg 97 318 30 T/O Mixed-use Southside Makers' Yard Sherlock Street Tower 52°28′15″N 1°53′41″W / 52.4709720°N 1.8945864°W / 52.4709720; -1.8945864
Cannock Chase 1 Pye Green BT Tower Pye Green BT Tower, hot air balloon.jpg 97 318 1966 Telecommunication Hednesford 52°43′43″N 2°01′11″W / 52.728655°N 2.019655°W / 52.728655; -2.019655
14 Coventry 1 Coventry Waste to Energy Plant Incineration unit plume Coventry (crop).jpg 92 302 1974 Chimney Cheylesmore Coventry Waste Incineration Plant 52°23′45″N 1°29′33″W / 52.3958657°N 1.4925970°W / 52.3958657; -1.4925970
15= Birmingham 14= Cleveland Tower Clydesdale Tower Birmingham.jpg 90 295 32 1971 Residential Southside The Sentinels 52°28′28″N 1°54′05″W / 52.47449°N 1.90132°W / 52.47449; -1.90132
Birmingham Clydesdale Tower Cleveland Tower Birmingham.jpg 90 295 32 1972 Residential Southside The Sentinels 52°28′28″N 1°54′05″W / 52.47449°N 1.90132°W / 52.47449; -1.90132
Birmingham Orion Building Orion Building (Cropped).jpg 90 295 28 2007 Residential City Centre 52°28′39″N 1°54′08″W / 52.477486°N 1.902353°W / 52.477486; -1.902353
Birmingham Three Snowhill Three Snowhill.jpg 90 290 18 2019 Office Colmore Business District BT Regional Hub 52°29′05″N 1°53′58″W / 52.484700°N 1.899316°W / 52.484700; -1.899316
19 Coventry 2 Cathedral Church of Saint Michael Hay Lane Coventry.jpg 88 289 1400- Monument / Place of Worship City Centre Coventry Old Cathedral 52°24′32″N 1°30′25″W / 52.4088990°N 1.5068241°W / 52.4088990; -1.5068241
20= Birmingham 18= Exchange Square 1 Tower 3 Allegro Exchange Square Tower 1.jpg 81 266 23 2019 Residential Eastside Allegro Living Tower 3 52°28′57″N 1°53′30″W / 52.482441°N 1.891659°W / 52.482441; -1.891659
Birmingham The Rotunda Rotunda Birmingham.jpg 81 266 23 1965 Residential / Aparthotel City Centre 52°28′42″N 1°53′43″W / 52.478342°N 1.895389°W / 52.478342; -1.895389
22= Birmingham 20= Aston Place Aston Place.jpg 80 262 26 2019 Residential Westside Dandara Living Arena Central 52°28′41″N 1°54′20″W / 52.478097°N 1.905604°W / 52.478097; -1.905604
Birmingham Veolia Energy Recovery Facility Tyseley Waste Incineration Plant.jpg 80 262 1996 Chimney Tyseley Tyseley Waste Incineration Plant 52°27′34″N 1°50′36″W / 52.459382°N 1.843248°W / 52.459382; -1.843248
24 Birmingham 22 Lancaster Wharf Tall buildings placeholder.png 77 253 24 T/O Residential Gun Quarter 52°29′18″N 1°53′39″W / 52.4883671°N 1.8942278°W / 52.4883671; -1.8942278
Lichfield 1 Lichfield Cathedral Lichfield Cathedral Feb West Front.jpg 77 253 1340 Place of Worship City Centre 52°41′07″N 1°49′52″W / 52.6853813°N 1.8310944°W / 52.6853813; -1.8310944
25= Birmingham 23= Centre City Tower Centre City Tower.jpg 76 249 21 1975 Office Southside 52°28′34″N 1°53′55″W / 52.476017°N 1.898503°W / 52.476017; -1.898503
Birmingham Five Ways Tower Five Ways Tower (Derelict).jpg 76 249 22 1979 Office (vacant) Five Ways & Hagley Road 52°28′17″N 1°54′59″W / 52.471317°N 1.916328°W / 52.471317; -1.916328
Birmingham Onyx Onyx Birmingham.jpg 76 250 24 2020 Student accommodation Gun Quarter 52°29′11″N 1°53′36″W / 52.4864542°N 1.8932624°W / 52.4864542; -1.8932624
Coventry 3 CODE Coventry Block B Coventry CODE FairFax (Cropped).jpg 76 249 23 2019 Student accommodation City Centre 52°24′35″N 1°30′17″W / 52.4098297°N 1.5046434°W / 52.4098297; -1.5046434
Dudley 1 Dudley Energy from Waste Plant New Road Netherton (Cropped).jpg 76 249 1998 Chimney Netherton Lister Road Incinerator 52°29′57″N 2°04′58″W / 52.4990427°N 2.0829015°W / 52.4990427; -2.0829015
Wolverhampton 1 Victoria Hall Victoria Hall Wolverhampton.jpg 76 249 25 2009 Student accommodation Springfield Student Village 52°35′23″N 2°07′17″W / 52.5897978°N 2.1212892°W / 52.5897978; -2.1212892
31= Birmingham 26= Hyatt Regency Hyatt Regency Birmingham.jpg 75 246 24 1990 Hotel Westside 52°28′41″N 1°54′32″W / 52.477933°N 1.908907°W / 52.477933; -1.908907
Birmingham Two Snowhill Two Snowhill Birmingham Dec 2012.JPG 75 246 15 2013 Office Colmore Business District 52°28′41″N 1°54′32″W / 52.477933°N 1.908907°W / 52.477933; -1.908907
33 Birmingham 28 3 Arena Central Three Arena Central.jpg 73 239 14 2020 Office Westside HMRC Building 52°28′41″N 1°54′25″W / 52.4780178°N 1.9069095°W / 52.4780178; -1.9069095
34= Birmingham 29 One Snow Hill Plaza One Snow Hill Plaza.jpg 72 236 20 1973 Hotel Colmore Business District Holiday Inn Express Birmingham Snow Hill 52°29′05″N 1°53′54″W / 52.484831°N 1.898317°W / 52.484831; -1.898317
Coventry 4 Holy Trinity Church Holy Trinity Church Coventry.jpg 72 236 1100- Place of Worship City Centre 52°24′30″N 1°30′32″W / 52.4083608°N 1.5089591°W / 52.4083608; -1.5089591
Wolverhampton 2 Wolverhampton MESE Energy from Waste Plant Wolverhampton Civic Incinerator.jpg 72 236 1998 Chimney Dunstall Hill Wolverhampton Civic Incinerator 52°35′48″N 2°07′29″W / 52.5966482°N 2.1248065°W / 52.5966482; -2.1248065
37= Birmingham 30= The Cube The Cube Birmingham.jpg 71 231 23 2010 Mixed-use Westside 52°28′30″N 1°54′25″W / 52.4750°N 1.9070°W / 52.4750; -1.9070
Birmingham JQ Rise Tall buildings placeholder.png 71 233 24 T/O Residential Jewellery Quarter 52°29′01″N 1°55′03″W / 52.4836650°N 1.9175093°W / 52.4836650; -1.9175093
39= Birmingham 32= Colmore Gate Colmore Gate from Colmore Row.jpg 70 230 15 1992 Office Colmore Business District 52°28′57″N 1°53′49″W / 52.482403°N 1.897078°W / 52.482403; -1.897078
Birmingham One Centenary Way One Centenary Way Offices.jpg 70 230 13 2022 Office Westside Paradise Plot G 52°28′46″N 1°54′23″W / 52.4795695°N 1.9063050°W / 52.4795695; -1.9063050
Birmingham Quayside Tower Quayside Tower.jpg 70 230 18 1965 Office Westside 52°28′38″N 1°54′40″W / 52.477231°N 1.911008°W / 52.477231; -1.911008
Coventry 5 CODE Coventry Block D Coventry CODE FairFax (Cropped).jpg 70 230 21 2019 Student accommodation City Centre 52°24′35″N 1°30′17″W / 52.4098297°N 1.5046434°W / 52.4098297; -1.5046434
43= Birmingham 35= McLaren Building McLaren Building 1.jpg 69 226 21 1972 Office Eastside 52°28′55″N 1°53′32″W / 52.482072°N 1.892308°W / 52.482072; -1.892308
Birmingham One Hagley Road One Hagley Road.jpg 69 226 19 1974 Residential / Serviced Apartments Five Ways & Hagley Road Metropolitan House 52°28′23″N 1°55′11″W / 52.473181°N 1.919614°W / 52.473181; -1.919614
Stratford-upon-Avon 1 Church of the Holy Trinity Holy Trinity Church Stratford-upon-Avon.jpg 69 226 1465– Place of Worship Avonside Holy Trinity Church
Shakespeare's Church
52°11′11″N 1°42′25″W / 52.1864701°N 1.7069561°W / 52.1864701; -1.7069561
45= Birmingham 37 The Bank Tower 1 Bank Tower 1.jpg 68 223 22 2019 Residential Westside 52°28′34″N 1°54′51″W / 52.4760896°N 1.9140985°W / 52.4760896; -1.9140985
Coventry 6 Mercia House Mercia House.jpg 68 223 20 1968 Mixed-use Spon End 52°24′31″N 1°30′52″W / 52.4084865°N 1.5145412°W / 52.4084865; -1.5145412
47= Birmingham 38= Midland Building Midland Building Birmingham.jpg 67 220 17 1967 Office City Centre BT Midland ATE 52°28′36″N 1°54′01″W / 52.476578°N 1.900378°W / 52.476578; -1.900378
Birmingham Snowhill Wharf Snowhill Wharf.jpg 67 220 21 2021 Residential Gun Quarter 52°29′11″N 1°53′54″W / 52.4863020°N 1.8982733°W / 52.4863020; -1.8982733
49 Birmingham 40 Bank House Bank House Birmingham.jpg 66 217 20 1967 Office Colmore Business District 52°28′49″N 1°53′51″W / 52.480397°N 1.897538°W / 52.480397; -1.897538
50= Birmingham 41 Brindley House Brindley House.jpg 65 213 18 1967 Mixed-use Jewellery Quarter 52°29′01″N 1°54′18″W / 52.483602°N 1.905036°W / 52.483602; -1.905036
Coventry 7 Weaver Place Block C Weaver Place Coventry.jpg 65 213 20 2020 Student accommodation City Centre iQ Student Accommodation 52°24′42″N 1°30′41″W / 52.4116205°N 1.5114602°W / 52.4116205; -1.5114602
South Staffordshire 1 Baggeridge Brickworks Baggeridge Brick Chimney.jpg 65 213 1944 Chimney Gospel End Baggeridge Country Park 52°32′09″N 2°08′55″W / 52.5358631°N 2.1487474°W / 52.5358631; -2.1487474
53= Birmingham 42= Chamberlain Hall Chamberlain Hall.jpg 64 210 21 2015 Student accommodation Edgbaston 52°27′47″N 1°55′21″W / 52.463140°N 1.922594°W / 52.463140; -1.922594
Birmingham Cumberland House Cumberland House (cropped).png 64 210 18 1964 Hotel Westside Hampton by Hilton Birmingham Broad Street 52°28′30″N 1°54′50″W / 52.475069°N 1.913881°W / 52.475069; -1.913881
Birmingham Fifty4 Hagley Road Fifty4 Hagley Road.jpg 64 210 18 1976 Office Five Ways & Hagley Road 52°28′18″N 1°55′27″W / 52.471680°N 1.924188°W / 52.471680; -1.924188
Coventry 8 Christchurch Spire Christchurch Spire Coventry Feb 2020.jpg 64 210 1832 Monument City Centre Greyfriars 52°24′21″N 1°30′42″W / 52.4057201°N 1.5115452°W / 52.4057201; -1.5115452
57= Birmingham 45= Centenary Plaza Centenary Plaza Birmingham.jpg 63 207 20 2002 Residential / Hotel Westside Arena Central Phase One (Block E) 52°28′36″N 1°54′25″W / 52.476567°N 1.906872°W / 52.476567; -1.906872
Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Tower 1 New Queen Elizabeth Hospital 3a.jpg 63 207 14 2010 Public Facility Edgbaston The QE 52°27′06″N 1°56′35″W / 52.451767°N 1.943083°W / 52.451767; -1.943083
Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Tower 2 63 207 14 2010
Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Tower 3 63 207 14 2010
Coventry 9 Hillman House Hillman House Coventry.jpg 63 207 16 1964 Residential City Centre 52°24′35″N 1°30′46″W / 52.4097658°N 1.5128631°W / 52.4097658; -1.5128631
62= Birmingham 49= Hagley House Cobalt Square.jpg 62 203 17 1965 Office Five Ways & Hagley Road Cobalt Square 52°28′21″N 1°55′21″W / 52.472493°N 1.922618°W / 52.472493; -1.922618
Birmingham Muirhead Tower Muirhead Tower, Edgbaston.jpg 62 203 15 1971 University building Edgbaston University of Birmingham 52°27′06″N 1°55′46″W / 52.451727°N 1.929350°W / 52.451727; -1.929350
Coventry 10 Parkside Infinity Tower 1 UNINN Infinity Coventry.jpg 62 203 20 2017 Student accommodation City Centre UNINN Parkside Phase 1 52°24′13″N 1°30′27″W / 52.4037237°N 1.5074257°W / 52.4037237; -1.5074257
Wolverhampton 3= Brockfield House Brockfield House Wolverhampton.jpg 62 203 23 1969 Residential Heath Town 52°35′39″N 2°06′29″W / 52.5942268°N 2.1079310°W / 52.5942268; -2.1079310
Wolverhampton Hampton View Hampton View Wolverhampton.jpg 62 203 23 1969 Residential Heath Town Alder House 52°35′32″N 2°06′32″W / 52.5923562°N 2.1088946°W / 52.5923562; -2.1088946
67= Birmingham 51= The Bath House The Bath House.jpg 61 200 19 2023 Residential Southside Kent Street Baths 52°28′20″N 1°53′55″W / 52.4722960°N 1.8986003°W / 52.4722960; -1.8986003
Birmingham Holiday Inn Express Birmingham City Centre Holiday Inn Express Birmingham City Centre.jpg 61 201 18 2017 Hotel Westside Arena Central Plot F 52°28′39″N 1°54′24″W / 52.477412°N 1.906697°W / 52.477412; -1.906697
Birmingham Jurys Inn Jury's Inn Birmingham.jpg 61 200 18 1975 Hotel Westside 52°28′36″N 1°54′41″W / 52.476729°N 1.911498°W / 52.476729; -1.911498
Birmingham St Martin in the Bull Ring St Martins Church Birmingham.jpg 61 200 1855 Place of Worship City Centre 52°28′37″N 1°53′37″W / 52.477045°N 1.893508°W / 52.477045; -1.893508
Birmingham Trident House Trident House.jpg 61 200 19 1981 Residential Westside 52°28′31″N 1°54′41″W / 52.475359°N 1.911472°W / 52.475359; -1.911472
Rugby 2 St Marie's Church Rugby-Saint Maries Roman Catholic Church (Ian Rob).jpg 61 200 1847 Place of Worship Overslade 52°22′00″N 1°15′50″W / 52.3665378°N 1.2638724°W / 52.3665378; -1.2638724
72= Birmingham 56= James Watt Residences James Watt and William Murdoch Residences.jpg 60 197 18 2010 Student accommodation Eastside Aston University Student Village 52°29′07″N 1°53′19″W / 52.485224°N 1.888473°W / 52.485224; -1.888473
Birmingham Mary Sturge Residences Mary Sturge and Harriet Martineau Residences.jpg 60 197 18 2013 Student accommodation Eastside Aston University Student Village 52°29′05″N 1°53′29″W / 52.484602°N 1.891371°W / 52.484602; -1.891371
Birmingham Library of Birmingham Library of Birmingham reflected.jpg 60 197 10 2013 Library Westside 52°28′47″N 1°54′31″W / 52.479772°N 1.908491°W / 52.479772; -1.908491
Birmingham St Nicolas' Church Kings Norton St Nicolas.jpg 60 197 1475 Place of Worship Kings Norton 52°24′31″N 1°55′44″W / 52.40862°N 1.92892°W / 52.40862; -1.92892
Birmingham University Locks Eastside Locks.jpg 60 197 17 2016 Student accommodation Eastside No. 1 Eastside Locks 52°29′00″N 1°52′51″W / 52.483345°N 1.880894°W / 52.483345; -1.880894
Bromsgrove 1 St John the Baptist Church Church of St John the Baptist, Bromsgrove.jpg 60 198 1100- Place of Worship Town Centre 52°20′03″N 2°03′53″W / 52.3342823°N 2.0648246°W / 52.3342823; -2.0648246
Coventry 11 Trinity View Trinity View Coventry.jpg 60 197 21 2019 Student accommodation City Centre Friars Road Student Accommodation 52°24′12″N 1°30′42″W / 52.4034517°N 1.5116996°W / 52.4034517; -1.5116996
Wolverhampton 5 New Cross Hospital Incinerator New Cross Hospital.png 60 198 1970 Chimney Heath Town 52°36′09″N 2°05′49″W / 52.6026125°N 2.0968272°W / 52.6026125; -2.0968272
80= Birmingham 61= Eleven Brindleyplace 11 Brindleyplace Birmingham.jpeg 59 194 13 2008 Office Westside 52°28′36″N 1°54′51″W / 52.476714°N 1.914253°W / 52.476714; -1.914253
Birmingham Lloyd House Lloyd House Refurb.jpg 59 194 13 1964 Office Colmore Business District West Midlands Police Headquarters 52°29′02″N 1°53′51″W / 52.483769°N 1.897378°W / 52.483769; -1.897378
Birmingham Lyndon House Lyndon House Birmingham.jpg 59 194 17 1964 Office Five Ways & Hagley Road 52°28′19″N 1°55′30″W / 52.4718161°N 1.9251051°W / 52.4718161; -1.9251051
Birmingham Temple Point Temple Point Clock.jpg 59 194 14 1962 Office City Centre Windsor House 52°28′53″N 1°53′47″W / 52.4815254°N 1.8963063°W / 52.4815254; -1.8963063
Sandwell 1 Briarley Tall buildings placeholder.png 59 194 21 1966 Residential West Bromwich 52°32′46″N 1°58′30″W / 52.5462462°N 1.9751362°W / 52.5462462; -1.9751362
85= Birmingham 65= Barry Jackson Tower Barry Jackson Tower Birmingham.jpg 58 190 20 1972 Residential Aston 52°30′04″N 1°53′18″W / 52.5010741°N 1.8883221°W / 52.5010741; -1.8883221
Birmingham Battery Park Selly Oak Battery Park.jpg 58 190 15 2019 Student accommodation Selly Oak Unite Students Battery Park 52°30′25″N 1°52′48″W / 52.507069°N 1.879999°W / 52.507069; -1.879999
Birmingham Londonderry House Londonderry House, Unite Building, Birmingham.jpg 58 230 17 1960– Student accommodation / car park City Centre Host Students Londonderry House 52°28′56″N 1°53′34″W / 52.482236°N 1.892894°W / 52.482236; -1.892894
Birmingham One Centenary Square One Centenary Square.jpg 58 190 11 2018 Office Westside HSBC UK Personal and Business Banking Headquarters
Two Arena Central
52°28′43″N 1°54′25″W / 52.4787°N 1.9070°W / 52.4787; -1.9070
Birmingham Parish Church of SS Peter and Paul Aston Church - geograph.org.uk - 1190057.jpg 58 190 1480 Place of Worship Aston 52°30′25″N 1°52′48″W / 52.507069°N 1.879999°W / 52.507069; -1.879999
Birmingham Park Regis Birmingham Park Regis Birmingham.jpg 58 190 16 1964 Hotel Westside Auchinleck House 52°28′22″N 1°55′01″W / 52.472875°N 1.916957°W / 52.472875; -1.916957
Coventry 12= Two Friargate Friargate 2 Coventry.jpg 58 191 12 2022 Mixed-use City Centre 52°24′06″N 1°30′48″W / 52.4017781°N 1.5132502°W / 52.4017781; -1.5132502
Coventry Ramada Hotel Coventry Ramada Hotel - Coventry 13f08 (cropped).jpg 58 190 17 2005 Hotel Spon End Telecom House
Burlington House
52°24′19″N 1°31′19″W / 52.4051920°N 1.5218530°W / 52.4051920; -1.5218530
Warwick 1 St John the Baptist's Church Church of St John the Baptist, Tachbrook Street, Leamington Spa (Cropped).jpg ~58 ~190 1878 Place of Worship Royal Leamington Spa 52°16′42″N 1°31′49″W / 52.2781949°N 1.5302870°W / 52.2781949; -1.5302870
94= Birmingham 71= City Centre House City Centre House Birmingham.jpg 57 187 13 1965 Mixed-use City Centre 52°28′45″N 1°53′45″W / 52.479285°N 1.895968°W / 52.479285; -1.895968
Birmingham Corkfield, Block 1 Corkfield Block 1.jpg 57 187 18 2022 Residential Edgbaston Residences Edgbaston, Block 1 52°27′22″N 1°54′23″W / 52.4560452°N 1.9064000°W / 52.4560452; -1.9064000
Birmingham One Snowhill One Snowhill.jpg 57 187 12 2009 Mixed-use Colmore Business District 52°29′01″N 1°53′54″W / 52.483597°N 1.898223°W / 52.483597; -1.898223
Birmingham Brinklow Tower Tall buildings placeholder.png 57 187 20 1967 Residential Highgate 52°27′52″N 1°53′18″W / 52.4643086°N 1.8882822°W / 52.4643086; -1.8882822
Birmingham Studley Tower 57 187 20 1969 Residential 52°27′59″N 1°53′02″W / 52.4664166°N 1.8839696°W / 52.4664166; -1.8839696
Birmingham Wilmcote Tower 57 187 20 1967 Residential 52°27′53″N 1°53′13″W / 52.4647335°N 1.8869370°W / 52.4647335; -1.8869370
Birmingham Canterbury Tower Tall buildings placeholder.png 57 187 20 1967 Residential Ladywood 52°29′03″N 1°55′11″W / 52.4840490°N 1.9197337°W / 52.4840490; -1.9197337
Birmingham Durham Tower 57 187 20 1970 Residential 52°28′57″N 1°55′02″W / 52.4826164°N 1.9172444°W / 52.4826164; -1.9172444
Birmingham Salisbury Tower 57 187 20 1968 Residential 52°29′04″N 1°55′19″W / 52.4845430°N 1.9218801°W / 52.4845430; -1.9218801
Birmingham Century Tower Century Tower, Birmingham.jpg 57 187 20 1968 Residential Edgbaston 52°27′22″N 1°54′32″W / 52.456155°N 1.908839°W / 52.456155; -1.908839
Birmingham Wickets Tower Wickets Tower.jpg 57 187 20 1967 Residential 52°27′22″N 1°54′26″W / 52.456043°N 1.907304°W / 52.456043; -1.907304
Birmingham Hodgson Tower Hodgson Tower Birmingham.jpg 57 187 20 1971 Residential Newtown 52°29′50″N 1°54′08″W / 52.4973356°N 1.9022816°W / 52.4973356; -1.9022816
Birmingham Pritchett Tower Tall buildings placeholder.png 57 187 20 1971 Residential Small Heath 52°28′19″N 1°52′09″W / 52.4718968°N 1.8692498°W / 52.4718968; -1.8692498
Birmingham Victor Tower Tall buildings placeholder.png 57 187 20 1969 Residential Nechells 52°29′41″N 1°52′20″W / 52.4946506°N 1.8722946°W / 52.4946506; -1.8722946
Coventry 14= City Village Block A City Village Coventry.jpg 57 187 20 2017 Student accommodation City Centre Downing Students Accommodation & Housing
Belgrade Plaza Phase 3
52°24′36″N 1°30′56″W / 52.4098620°N 1.5156734°W / 52.4098620; -1.5156734
Coventry Elliott's Yard Elliott's Yard Coventry.jpg 57 187 16 2021 Student accommodation Coventry University Gulson Road Block B 52°24′16″N 1°30′03″W / 52.4044697°N 1.5009691°W / 52.4044697; -1.5009691
Sandwell 2 West Plaza West Plaza West Bromwich.jpg 57 187 11 1965/2008 Mixed-use West Bromwich West Plaza Hotel
former Premier Inn West Bromwich
52°30′58″N 1°59′22″W / 52.5159792°N 1.9895508°W / 52.5159792; -1.9895508
Solihull 1 St Alphege Church St Alphege Church.jpg 57 187 1200- Place of Worship Town Centre 52°24′41″N 1°46′33″W / 52.4114985°N 1.7759665°W / 52.4114985; -1.7759665
112= Birmingham 85 Methodist Central Hall Methodist Central Hall, Corporation Street, Birmingham (geograph 3534105).jpg 56 185 3 1904 Mixed-use Eastside 52°29′01″N 1°53′34″W / 52.4836275°N 1.8928611°W / 52.4836275; -1.8928611
Wolverhampton 6= Campion House Campion House Wolverhampton.jpg 56 185 21 1969 Residential Heath Town 52°35′38″N 2°06′21″W / 52.5939647°N 2.1057640°W / 52.5939647; -2.1057640
Wolverhampton Longfield House Longfield House Wolvehampton.jpg 56 185 21 1972 Residential Heath Town 52°35′30″N 2°06′21″W / 52.5916358°N 2.1058241°W / 52.5916358; -2.1058241
Wolverhampton St. Cecilia's Tall buildings placeholder.png 56 185 20 1970 Residential Wednesfield Bover Court
Hickman Street RDA
52°35′55″N 2°05′24″W / 52.5986715°N 2.0898856°W / 52.5986715; -2.0898856
Wolverhampton William Bentley Court Hickman Street RDA.jpg 56 185 20 1966 Residential Wednesfield Hickman Street RDA 52°36′01″N 2°05′10″W / 52.6001472°N 2.0860778°W / 52.6001472; -2.0860778
Wolverhampton Wodensfield Tower 56 185 20 1966 Residential Wednesfield Hickman Street RDA 52°35′59″N 2°05′18″W / 52.5998206°N 2.0883196°W / 52.5998206; -2.0883196
118 Birmingham 86 The Church of St Augustine of Hippo St Augustine Edgbaston.jpg 56 185 1868 Place of Worship Edgbaston St Augustine's Church, Edgbaston 52°28′24″N 1°56′44″W / 52.4733785°N 1.9455186°W / 52.4733785; -1.9455186
119= Birmingham 87= Hive Hive Birmingham.jpg 55 179 15 2011 Residential Eastside Masshouse Block M 52°28′54″N 1°53′22″W / 52.481591°N 1.889355°W / 52.481591; -1.889355
Birmingham Three Brindleyplace Three Brindleyplace.jpg 55 180 13 1998 Mixed-use Westside 52°28′42″N 1°54′48″W / 52.478393°N 1.913238°W / 52.478393; -1.913238
Lichfield 2 St Mary's Church St Marys Lichfield 1 (Cropped).jpg 55 179 1870 Place of Worship / Mixed-use City Centre 52°37′57″N 1°47′33″W / 52.6325190°N 1.7925826°W / 52.6325190; -1.7925826
Rugby 3 St Andrew's Church St Andrew's Church, Rugby from north.jpg 55 182 1140- Place of Worship Town Centre 52°22′22″N 1°15′42″W / 52.3727223°N 1.2615734°W / 52.3727223; -1.2615734
Wyre Forest 1 Slingfield Mill Slingfield Mill Chimney, Kidderminster - geograph.org.uk - 1022793 Crop.jpg 55 180 1864 Chimney Kidderminster Weaver's Wharf 52°23′11″N 2°15′07″W / 52.3865015°N 2.2519457°W / 52.3865015; -2.2519457
121= Birmingham 89= Albany House Albany House.jpg 54 177 12 1962 Mixed-use Southside 52°28′30″N 1°53′53″W / 52.4749802°N 1.8979344°W / 52.4749802; -1.8979344
Birmingham The Colmore Building The Colmore Building.jpg 54 177 14 2008 Office Colmore Business District Colmore Plaza 52°29′01″N 1°53′45″W / 52.483665°N 1.895918°W / 52.483665; -1.895918
Birmingham Heritage Building Clock Tower QE Hospital.jpg ~54 ~177 14 1938 Education Edgbaston University of Birmingham Medical School
The Old Queen Elizabeth Hospital
52°27′09″N 1°56′22″W / 52.4523831°N 1.9394365°W / 52.4523831; -1.9394365
Coventry 16 Bishop Gate Tower 1 Bishop Gate Tower 1 Coventry.jpg 54 177 17 2018 Residential City Centre Bishop Gate Phase 1 Block A 52°24′44″N 1°30′42″W / 52.4121375°N 1.5117265°W / 52.4121375; -1.5117265
125= Birmingham 92= 45 Church Street 45 Church St.jpg 53 173 14 2008 Office Colmore Business District 52°28′59″N 1°54′03″W / 52.48306915°N 1.900886°W / 52.48306915; -1.900886
Birmingham The Lansdowne Lansdowne Birmingham.jpg 53 173 18 2018 Residential Five Ways & Hagley Road 52°28′22″N 1°55′13″W / 52.472850°N 1.920262°W / 52.472850; -1.920262
Birmingham Opal Court Opal Court Birmingham.png 53 173 18 2007 Student accommodation Edgbaston Opal 1 52°28′01″N 1°54′02″W / 52.4668181°N 1.9005247°W / 52.4668181; -1.9005247
Birmingham St Martin's Place St Martin Place building from Broad Street.jpg 53 173 17 2020 Residential Westside 52°28′24″N 1°55′00″W / 52.4733789°N 1.9166714°W / 52.4733789; -1.9166714
Coventry 17= Arundel House Block B Arundel House Coventry (vertical).jpg 53 173 18 2020 Student accommodation Coventry University Canvas Coventry Arundel House
Nido Arundel House
52°24′21″N 1°30′10″W / 52.4057047°N 1.5028437°W / 52.4057047; -1.5028437
Coventry One Friargate Friargate Coventry.jpg 53 173 12 2017 Office City Centre Coventry City Council HQ 52°24′10″N 1°30′46″W / 52.4026945°N 1.5127925°W / 52.4026945; -1.5127925
Dudley 2 Church of St. Thomas Church of St Thomas.jpg 53 173 1815 Place of Worship Town Centre Church of St. Thomas the Apostle
Top Church
52°30′40″N 2°04′38″W / 52.5112067°N 2.0772798°W / 52.5112067; -2.0772798
Sandwell 3 Midland Metropolitan University Hospital Tall buildings placeholder.png 53 173 9 2021 Public facility Smethwick 52°29′27″N 1°56′57″W / 52.49093°N 1.94924°W / 52.49093; -1.94924
Warwick 2 Collegiate Church of St Mary St marys church warwick uk (cropped).jpg 53 174 1123 Place of Worship Town Centre 52°16′56″N 1°35′18″W / 52.2822572°N 1.5884318°W / 52.2822572; -1.5884318
134= Birmingham 96= Eight Brindleyplace Eight Brindleyplace.jpg 52 171 14 2002 Mixed-use Westside 52°28′37″N 1°54′48″W / 52.477001°N 1.913369°W / 52.477001; -1.913369
Birmingham Exchange Square 1, Tower 2 Allegro Exchange Square 1, Tower 2.jpg 52 170 16 2019 Residential Eastside Allegro Living Tower 2 52°28′56″N 1°53′27″W / 52.482326°N 1.890964°W / 52.482326; -1.890964
Birmingham St Alban the Martyr Saint Alban Church 1.jpg 52 170 1881 Place of Worship Highgate 52°27′57″N 1°53′20″W / 52.4658825°N 1.8888393°W / 52.4658825; -1.8888393
Coventry 19= Coventry Cathedral Coventry Cathedral (29788664491) (Cropped).jpg ~52 ~170 1962 Place of Worship City Centre The New Cathedral Church of Saint Michael 52°24′33″N 1°30′25″W / 52.409031°N 1.5068705°W / 52.409031; -1.5068705
Coventry Friars House Friars House.jpg ~52 ~170 11 1990 Office City Centre 52°24′12″N 1°30′48″W / 52.4034143°N 1.5132093°W / 52.4034143; -1.5132093
Coventry Study Inn Tower Study Inn Coventry (vertical).jpg 52 170 12 1989 Student accommodation City Centre AXA Insurances Building, AXA Assurance Building 52°24′38″N 1°30′43″W / 52.4105242°N 1.5120474°W / 52.4105242; -1.5120474
North Warwickshire 1 Church of St Peter and St Paul Church of St. Peter and St. Paul.jpg 52 170 1400– Place of Worship Coleshill 52°29′57″N 1°42′19″W / 52.4991065°N 1.7053512°W / 52.4991065; -1.7053512
Sandwell 4 Darley House Darley House.jpg 52 170 19 1969 Residential Oldbury 52°29′47″N 2°02′05″W / 52.4964763°N 2.0347142°W / 52.4964763; -2.0347142
Walsall 1 St Matthew's Church South aspect of St Matthew's Church Walsall (cropped).jpg 52 170 1200– Place of Worship Town Centre 52°34′57″N 1°58′39″W / 52.5824798°N 1.9775490°W / 52.5824798; -1.9775490
Wolverhampton 11 St. Luke's Church St Luke's C of E (Evangelical) Church, Blakenhall, Wolverhampton - geograph.org.uk - 522096.jpg 52 170 1861 Place of Worship Blakenhall 52°34′21″N 2°07′48″W / 52.5724793°N 2.1299356°W / 52.5724793; -2.1299356
144= Birmingham 99= Commonwealth Games Village Plot 7 Tall buildings placeholder.png 51 167 15 2022 Residential Perry Barr former BCU City North Campus 52°31′02″N 1°54′01″W / 52.5173142°N 1.9001861°W / 52.5173142; -1.9001861
Birmingham Great Charles Street, Block B1 Tall buildings placeholder.png 51 167 16 T/O Residential Jewellery Quarter 52°29′02″N 1°54′06″W / 52.4838578°N 1.9017367°W / 52.4838578; -1.9017367
Birmingham One Colmore Row One Colmore Row Portrait Cropped.jpg 51 167 12 2004 Office Colmore Business District 52°28′58″N 1°53′52″W / 52.482824°N 1.897771°W / 52.482824; -1.897771
Birmingham One Eastside, Block B Tall buildings placeholder.png 51 167 15 T/O Residential Eastside 52°28′57″N 1°53′23″W / 52.4825321°N 1.8895924°W / 52.4825321; -1.8895924
Birmingham Premier Inn Exchange Square Premier Inn Birmingham City Centre.jpg 51 167 14 2022 Hotel Eastside Exchange Square Phase 2 52°28′54″N 1°53′32″W / 52.4816406°N 1.8922753°W / 52.4816406; -1.8922753
Coventry 22= Alpha House Dewey House Coventry.jpg 51 167 17 1963 Residential Barras Green 52°24′58″N 1°29′00″W / 52.4160722°N 1.4834494°W / 52.4160722; -1.4834494
Coventry Caradoc Hall 51 167 17 1969 Residential Potters Green 52°25′40″N 1°27′27″W / 52.4278845°N 1.4574489°W / 52.4278845; -1.4574489
Coventry Dewis House 51 167 17 1965 Residential Bell Green 52°26′10″N 1°28′21″W / 52.4362378°N 1.4723764°W / 52.4362378; -1.4723764
Coventry Falkener House 51 167 17 1968 Residential Foleshill 52°25′35″N 1°29′40″W / 52.4263421°N 1.4943407°W / 52.4263421; -1.4943407
Coventry Longfield House 51 167 17 1967 Residential Courthouse Green 52°25′54″N 1°28′57″W / 52.4316833°N 1.4823939°W / 52.4316833; -1.4823939
Coventry Meadow House 51 167 17 1967 Residential Spon End 52°24′29″N 1°31′15″W / 52.4079700°N 1.5209438°W / 52.4079700; -1.5209438
Coventry Nauls Mill House 51 167 17 1964 Residential Canal Basin 52°24′49″N 1°30′57″W / 52.4135722°N 1.5158902°W / 52.4135722; -1.5158902
Coventry Pioneer House 51 167 17 1966 Residential Hillfields 52°24′51″N 1°30′01″W / 52.4141308°N 1.5003141°W / 52.4141308; -1.5003141
Coventry Samuel Vale House 51 167 17 1969 Residential Canal Basin 52°24′50″N 1°30′49″W / 52.4137617°N 1.5136723°W / 52.4137617; -1.5136723
Coventry Thomas King House 51 167 17 1968 Residential Hillfields 52°24′48″N 1°29′55″W / 52.4132819°N 1.4985175°W / 52.4132819; -1.4985175
Coventry William Batchelor House 51 167 17 1966 Residential Canal Basin 52°24′48″N 1°30′38″W / 52.4133666°N 1.5105488°W / 52.4133666; -1.5105488
160= Birmingham 104= Aston University Main Building Aston uni campus1 (cropped).jpg 50 164 12 1953 Education Eastside 52°29′12″N 1°53′25″W / 52.4865690°N 1.8902465°W / 52.4865690; -1.8902465
Birmingham Campus Living Villages Bagot Street Student Residences Blocks A, B & C.jpg 50 164 17 2011 Student accommodation Gun Quarter Bagot Street Blocks A, B, C 52°29′20″N 1°53′34″W / 52.4889995°N 1.8927472°W / 52.4889995; -1.8927472
Birmingham The Charters The Charters Birmingham.jpg 50 164 9 ~1950 Mixed-use City Centre Centural House 52°28′45″N 1°54′03″W / 52.4792468°N 1.9006948°W / 52.4792468; -1.9006948
Birmingham Edgbaston Cricket Ground Edgbaston---Hollies-and-South-Stands (Cropped).jpg 50 164 2011 Sport Stadium Edgbaston Warwickshire County Cricket Ground
The County Ground
52°27′19″N 1°54′16″W / 52.4553800°N 1.9044234°W / 52.4553800; -1.9044234
Birmingham Edmund House Edmund House Birmingham.jpg 50 164 12 1970 Office Colmore Business District 52°28′53″N 1°54′07″W / 52.4812506°N 1.9019578°W / 52.4812506; -1.9019578
Birmingham Embassy House Embassy House Birmingham.jpg 50 164 11 1985 Office Colmore Business District 60 Church Street 52°28′58″N 1°54′05″W / 52.4828468°N 1.9014238°W / 52.4828468; -1.9014238
Birmingham Lakeside West Building Lakeside West.jpg 50 164 16 1999 Student accommodation Eastside Unite Students Lakeside Residences 52°29′00″N 1°53′26″W / 52.4834394°N 1.89043449°W / 52.4834394; -1.89043449
Birmingham Masshouse Plaza Masshouse Plaza.jpg 50 164 16 2006 Residential Eastside Masshouse Block I 52°28′53″N 1°53′26″W / 52.4815225°N 1.8904679°W / 52.4815225; -1.8904679
Birmingham One Martineau Place One Martineau Place, Birmingham.jpg 50 164 12 1959 Aparthotel City Centre Staybridge Suites Birmingham 52°28′49″N 1°53′44″W / 52.4803706°N 1.8956533°W / 52.4803706; -1.8956533
Birmingham St Paul's Church St Paul Birmingham.jpg 50 164 1823 Place of Worship Jewellery Quarter 52°29′07″N 1°54′21″W / 52.4853°N 1.9058°W / 52.4853; -1.9058
Birmingham Tricorn House Tricorn House.jpg 50 164 12 1976 Office Five Ways & Hagley Road 52°28′22″N 1°55′18″W / 52.4727749°N 1.9215807°W / 52.4727749; -1.9215807
Sandwell 5= Ashcroft House Ashcroft House Smethwick.jpg ~50 ~163 15 1970/2015 Residential Smethwick The Crofts 52°29′37″N 1°57′14″W / 52.4936264°N 1.9540019°W / 52.4936264; -1.9540019
Sandwell Birchcroft House Birchcroft House Smethwick.jpg ~50 ~163 15 1965/2015 Residential Smethwick The Crofts 52°29′33″N 1°57′17″W / 52.4925127°N 1.9546133°W / 52.4925127; -1.9546133
Sandwell Elmcroft House Elmcroft House Smethwick.jpg ~50 ~163 15 1966/2015 Residential Smethwick The Crofts 52°29′37″N 1°57′17″W / 52.4935087°N 1.9546298°W / 52.4935087; -1.9546298
Warwick 3= All Saints Church All Saints Parish Church, Royal Leamington Spa - geograph.org.uk - 27866 (Cropped).jpg 50 163 1869 Place of Worship Royal Leamington Spa 52°17′10″N 1°31′55″W / 52.2861201°N 1.5319291°W / 52.2861201; -1.5319291
Warwick Church of St Peter The Apostle St Peter the Apostle.jpg 50 163 1877 Place of Worship Royal Leamington Spa 52°17′18″N 1°32′12″W / 52.2883952°N 1.5367538°W / 52.2883952; -1.5367538
Wolverhampton 12 Church of St. John in the Square The Church of St. John in the Square, Wolverhampton - geograph.org.uk - 548809.jpg 50 163 1776 Place of Worship City Centre 52°34′53″N 2°07′42″W / 52.5812922°N 2.1282273°W / 52.5812922; -2.1282273

35–49 metres

This list ranks selected buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that stand between 35 metres (115 ft) and 49 metres (161 ft) tall, based on standard height measurements. An equals sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings.

Updated March 2025

Rank Authority Auth. Rank Name Image Height Floors Year completed Primary Use District Alternative Name/s Coordinates Ref.
(m) (ft)
177= Birmingham 115= Compass Compass Birmingham.jpg 49 161 15 2022 Student accommodation Eastside 52°29′00″N 1°52′44″W / 52.4833487°N 1.8788908°W / 52.4833487; -1.8788908
Birmingham Ladywood House Ladywood House Birmingham.jpg 49 161 12 1970 Office City Centre 52°28′43″N 1°53′57″W / 52.4785939°N 1.8992460°W / 52.4785939; -1.8992460
Birmingham St. Michael's Church View over Handsworth (Elliott Brown).jpg 49 161 1855 Place of Worship Handsworth 52°30′02″N 1°55′27″W / 52.5004351°N 1.9242009°W / 52.5004351; -1.9242009
Coventry 33 Eaton House Eaton House Coventry.jpg ~49 ~161 13 1975 Office City Centre Greyfriars House 52°24′08″N 1°30′53″W / 52.4020998°N 1.5146830°W / 52.4020998; -1.5146830
Cannock Chase 2 Roman Catholic Church of St Joseph and St Etheldreda SS Joseph and Etheldreda Catholic Church, Rugeley - geograph.org.uk - 1538142 (Cropped).jpg 49 161 1868 Place of Worship Rugeley 52°45′32″N 1°56′00″W / 52.7588167°N 1.93338411°W / 52.7588167; -1.93338411
181= Birmingham 118= Bagot Street 2 Bagot Street Birmingham.jpg 48 158 17 2018 Student accommodation Gun Quarter Bagot Street Blocks D, E 52°29′20″N 1°53′35″W / 52.4888861°N 1.8929507°W / 52.4888861; -1.8929507
Birmingham Broadway House Broadway House Birmingham.jpg 48 158 10 1976 Mixed-use Westside 2 Broadway, Broadway Residences 52°28′25″N 1°55′05″W / 52.4736395°N 1.9179178°W / 52.4736395; -1.9179178
Birmingham Emporium Emporium Birmingham.jpg 48 158 15 2018 Student accommodation Eastside 52°28′54″N 1°53′20″W / 52.4817858°N 1.8887665°W / 52.4817858; -1.8887665
Birmingham Landrow Place Landrow Place.jpg 48 158 14 2021 Residential Jewellery Quarter Lionel House 52°28′56″N 1°54′21″W / 52.4820841°N 1.9057998°W / 52.4820841; -1.9057998
Coventry 34= Arundel House Block A Arundel House Coventry.jpg 48 158 16 2020 Student accommodation Coventry University Canvas Coventry Arundel House
Nido Arundel House
52°24′21″N 1°30′09″W / 52.4057317°N 1.5025038°W / 52.4057317; -1.5025038
Coventry City Club Apartments Canvas City Point Coventry.jpg 48 158 15 2019 Student accommodation City Centre Canvas Coventry City Club
Belgrade Plaza Phase 2 (Downing Students)
52°24′40″N 1°30′54″W / 52.4111542°N 1.5149728°W / 52.4111542; -1.5149728
187= Birmingham 122= Boulevard Southside Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 47 154 15 T/O Residential Southside Affinity Living Southside
St Luke's, South Block A
52°28′03″N 1°54′03″W / 52.4676244°N 1.9008168°W / 52.4676244; -1.9008168
Birmingham Soho Wharf, Block 1 Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 47 154 14 2022 Residential Ladywood 52°29′12″N 1°55′45″W / 52.4867835°N 1.9291497°W / 52.4867835; -1.9291497
189= Birmingham 124= Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Clock Tower Big Brum (Cropped).jpg 46 151 5 1885 Civic Building City Centre Big Brum 52°28′49″N 1°54′14″W / 52.4802189°N 1.9037723°W / 52.4802189; -1.9037723
Birmingham Birmingham Central Mosque Birmingham Central Mosque.jpg 46 151 2 1969 Place of Worship Highgate 52°27′52″N 1°53′28″W / 52.4645694°N 1.8909850°W / 52.4645694; -1.8909850
Birmingham Brecon Tower Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 46 151 16 1965/2021 Residential Ladywood 52°28′42″N 1°55′24″W / 52.4784567°N 1.9234515°W / 52.4784567; -1.9234515
Birmingham 49-51 Holloway Head, Block C Holloway Head Birmingham.jpg 46 151 T/O Residential Southside 52°28′28″N 1°54′06″W / 52.4744635°N 1.9017023°W / 52.4744635; -1.9017023
Birmingham 49-51 Holloway Head, Block D 46 151 T/O Residential Southside 52°28′28″N 1°54′06″W / 52.4744635°N 1.9017023°W / 52.4744635; -1.9017023
Birmingham Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica of St Chad St Chads Cathedral 1.jpg 46 150 1841 Place of Worship Jewellery Quarter St Chad's Cathedral 52°29′07″N 1°53′56″W / 52.4853632°N 1.8987807°W / 52.4853632; -1.8987807
Birmingham The Timber Yard Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 46 151 14 2022 Residential Southside 52°28′24″N 1°53′43″W / 52.4733419°N 1.8951443°W / 52.4733419; -1.8951443
Birmingham Truro Tower Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 46 151 16 1965/2021 Residential Ladywood 52°28′38″N 1°55′30″W / 52.4773522°N 1.9250027°W / 52.4773522; -1.9250027
Birmingham Wells Tower Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 46 151 16 1965/2021 Residential Ladywood 52°28′43″N 1°55′33″W / 52.4786114°N 1.9259280°W / 52.4786114; -1.9259280
Walsall 2 Tameway Plaza Tameway Tower Walsall - panoramio (Cropped).png 46 151 12 1979/2019 Residential City Centre Tameway Tower 52°35′03″N 1°58′42″W / 52.5841443°N 1.9783584°W / 52.5841443; -1.9783584
Warwick 5= Eden Court Lillington, Leamington Spa.jpg 46 151 15 1960 Residential Leamington Spa 52°18′01″N 1°30′35″W / 52.3003955°N 1.5096275°W / 52.3003955; -1.5096275
Warwick St Paul's Church St Paul's Church Leamington Spa.jpg 46 151 1874 Place of Worship Leamington Spa 52°17′38″N 1°31′43″W / 52.2939148°N 1.5287488°W / 52.2939148; -1.5287488
201= Birmingham 133= 127 Colmore Row 127 Colmore Row.jpg 45 148 10 2002 Office Colmore Business District 52°28′49″N 1°54′08″W / 52.4804110°N 1.9021537°W / 52.4804110; -1.9021537
Birmingham Canterbury House Canterbury House.jpg 45 148 12 Student Accommodation Jewellery Quarter 52°28′59″N 1°54′16″W / 52.4829513°N 1.9045507°W / 52.4829513; -1.9045507
Birmingham Enterprise Wharf Enterprise Wharf Birmingham.jpg 45 148 11 2022 Office Eastside 52°29′24″N 1°53′18″W / 52.4899961°N 1.8882763°W / 52.4899961; -1.8882763
Birmingham Fort Dunlop Fort Dunlop.jpg 45 148 7 1920s/2006 Mixed-use Erdington 52°30′35″N 1°48′43″W / 52.5097°N 1.8120°W / 52.5097; -1.8120
Birmingham The Harborne Hospital The Harbourne Hospital.jpg 45 148 7 2023 Public Facility Edgbaston QE Specialist Hospital Facility 52°27′06″N 1°56′28″W / 52.4515332°N 1.9411991°W / 52.4515332; -1.9411991
Birmingham Toybox The Toybox Birmingham.png 45 148 15 2019 Student accommodation Westside 52°28′23″N 1°54′43″W / 52.4729251°N 1.9118812°W / 52.4729251; -1.9118812
Birmingham Sirius Sirius Birmingham.jpg 45 148 15 2008 Residential City Centre 52°28′37″N 1°54′08″W / 52.4768114°N 1.9020942°W / 52.4768114; -1.9020942
Birmingham St. Edburgha's Church St Edburgha's Church and the Trust School, Yardley - geograph.org.uk - 719452.jpg 45 148 1461 Place of Worship Yardley Yardley Old Church 52°28′28″N 1°48′11″W / 52.4745783°N 1.8029203°W / 52.4745783; -1.8029203
Birmingham St Mary's Church St Mary's Church, Selly Oak.jpg 45 148 1861 Place of Worship Selly Oak 52°26′17″N 1°56′46″W / 52.4381248°N 1.9459756°W / 52.4381248; -1.9459756
Coventry 36 Bishop Gate Tower 3 Bishop Gate Tower 2.jpg 45 148 14 2018 Student accommodation City Centre Bishop Gate Phase 1 Block C 52°24′45″N 1°30′39″W / 52.4123624°N 1.5107811°W / 52.4123624; -1.5107811
Nuneaton and Bedworth 1 Bedworth Water Tower Bedworth Water Tower (Cropped).jpg 45 148 6 1898 Water Tower Bedworth 52°28′34″N 1°28′45″W / 52.4761037°N 1.4791781°W / 52.4761037; -1.4791781
212= Birmingham 142= Three Chamberlain Square Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 44 144 10 2024 Office City Centre 52°28′44″N 1°54′18″W / 52.4788499°N 1.9049854°W / 52.4788499; -1.9049854
Birmingham The Mailbox Mailbox at Night (Cropped).jpg 44 144 6 1970 Mixed-use Westside 52°28′36″N 1°54′12″W / 52.4765519°N 1.9033815°W / 52.4765519; -1.9033815
Birmingham University College Birmingham, Summer Row Campus UCE Summer Row Campus.jpg 44 144 11 1967 Education City Centre 52°28′53″N 1°54′24″W / 52.4814722°N 1.9065432°W / 52.4814722; -1.9065432
Sandwell 8 Thompson Gardens Thompson Gardens Smethwick.jpg 44 144 15 1961/2008 Residential West Bromwich Thompson House 52°29′18″N 1°58′44″W / 52.4884595°N 1.9788268°W / 52.4884595; -1.9788268
Warwick 7= Leamington Spa Town Hall Leamington Spa Town Hall, May 19.jpg 44 144 5 1884 Civic building Leamington Spa 52°17′21″N 1°32′07″W / 52.2892201°N 1.5351532°W / 52.2892201; -1.5351532
Warwick Warwick Castle Warwick Castle - Caesar's Tower 2016.jpg 44 144 c.1360 Castle Warwick Ceaser's Tower 52°16′48″N 1°35′07″W / 52.2800948°N 1.5851828°W / 52.2800948; -1.5851828
218= Birmingham 145= Equipoint Equipoint Birmingham.jpg 43 141 12 1968/2021 Residential Yardley Swan Office Centre, The Swan 52°27′45″N 1°48′57″W / 52.4625443°N 1.8159132°W / 52.4625443; -1.8159132
Birmingham Westside One Westside One Birmingham.jpg 43 141 15 2002 Residential City Centre Elizabeth House 52°28′37″N 1°54′08″W / 52.4768114°N 1.9020942°W / 52.4768114; -1.9020942
Coventry 37= Paradise Student Village Tower 1 AXO Paradise Village Coventry.jpg 43 141 14 2018 Student accommodation Coventry University AXO Student Living Paradise Street Block A 52°24′13″N 1°30′08″W / 52.4037039°N 1.5021616°W / 52.4037039; -1.5021616
Coventry Parkside Infinity Tower 2 Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 43 141 14 2021 Student accommodation Coventry University UNINN Parkside Phase 2 52°24′14″N 1°30′26″W / 52.4038422°N 1.5073302°W / 52.4038422; -1.5073302
Solihull 2 Resorts World Birmingham Resorts World Shopping and Leisure Complex (geograph 5867197).jpg 43 141 7 2015 Leisure & Entertainment Bickenhill Resorts World NEC 52°26′55″N 1°43′06″W / 52.4485198°N 1.7183110°W / 52.4485198; -1.7183110
Wolverhampton 13 Holy Trinity Church Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 43 141 1852 Place of Worship Heath Town 52°35′47″N 2°06′12″W / 52.5962675°N 2.1032558°W / 52.5962675; -2.1032558
224= Birmingham 147= No. 1 Colmore Square No.1 Colmore Square.jpg 42 138 10 2003 Office Colmore Business District 52°28′57″N 1°53′47″W / 52.4825921°N 1.8964916°W / 52.4825921; -1.8964916
Birmingham UNITE Staniforth House Staniforth House.png 42 138 14 2018 Student accommodation Gun Quarter 52°29′17″N 1°53′32″W / 52.4879314°N 1.8922684°W / 52.4879314; -1.8922684
Birmingham The Wesleyan Welseyan Birmingham.jpg 42 138 9 1992 Office Colmore Business District 52°28′59″N 1°53′48″W / 52.4831738°N 1.8966494°W / 52.4831738; -1.8966494
Coventry 39= Bishop Gate Tower 2 Bishop Gate Tower 3.jpg 42 138 13 2018 Student accommodation City Centre Bishop Gate Phase 1 Block B 52°24′44″N 1°30′40″W / 52.4122512°N 1.5111780°W / 52.4122512; -1.5111780
Coventry City Point Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 42 138 14 2019 Student accommodation City Centre Canvas Coventry City Point
Belgrade Plaza Phase 2 (Downing Students)
52°24′40″N 1°30′58″W / 52.4109832°N 1.5159991°W / 52.4109832; -1.5159991
Coventry Copper Towers Block 1 Copper Towers Coventry.png 42 138 14 2022 Student accommodation City Centre Vita Student Warwick Road, Tower A 52°24′14″N 1°30′46″W / 52.4037590°N 1.5128893°W / 52.4037590; -1.5128893
Tamworth 1 Church of St Editha Tamworth - panoramio (13).jpg 42 138 c.1369 Place of Worship Tamworth 52°37′09″N 1°36′46″W / 52.6190611°N 1.6127601°W / 52.6190611; -1.6127601
Rugby 4 Rugby School Chapel Rugby School Chapels (geograph 1866428).jpg 42 138 1872 Education / Place of Worship Town Centre 52°22′13″N 1°15′51″W / 52.3702872°N 1.2640746°W / 52.3702872; -1.2640746
231= Birmingham 150= Belgrave Village, Block B Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 41 135 13 T/O Residential Balsall Heath 52°27′48″N 1°53′16″W / 52.4632781°N 1.8877478°W / 52.4632781; -1.8877478
Birmingham Corkfield, Block 2 Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 41 135 13 2022 Residential Edgbaston Residences Edgbaston, Block 2 52°27′22″N 1°54′23″W / 52.4560452°N 1.9064000°W / 52.4560452; -1.9064000
Birmingham Louden's Yard, Block F2 Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 41 135 14 T/O Residential Five Ways & Hagley Road New Garden Square, Block F2 52°28′22″N 1°55′38″W / 52.4727806°N 1.9272825°W / 52.4727806; -1.9272825
Bromsgrove 2 St Batholemew's Church St Bartholomew's Church - 2 - geograph.org.uk - 1353475 (Cropped).jpg 41 135 1776 Place of Worship Tardebigge 52°19′13″N 2°00′28″W / 52.3203166°N 2.0077731°W / 52.3203166; -2.0077731
Solihull 3 Solihull Retirement Village Solihull Retirement Village.jpg 41 135 13 2020 Residential Shirley Extra Care Retirement Village 52°24′55″N 1°49′46″W / 52.4153871°N 1.8295191°W / 52.4153871; -1.8295191
236= Birmingham 153= 12 Calthorpe Road Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 40 132 11 1962 Office Five Ways & Hagley Road Shell Mex House
Former Birmingham HSBC Offices
52°28′16″N 1°55′08″W / 52.4710259°N 1.9187931°W / 52.4710259; -1.9187931
Birmingham Crossway Crossway Birmingham.jpg 40 132 10 1981 Office Jewellery Quarter Civic House
156 Great Charles Street
52°28′52″N 1°54′20″W / 52.4811716°N 1.9055207°W / 52.4811716; -1.9055207
Birmingham Exchange Building Exchange Building Bimingham.jpg 40 132 12 1967 Mixed-use City Centre HSBC Bank New Street
Premier Inn New Street Station
52°24′15″N 1°59′48″W / 52.4042559°N 1.9965951°W / 52.4042559; -1.9965951
Birmingham Hollymoor Hospital Water Tower Hollymoor Hospital Water Tower (Richard Law).jpg 40 132 1905 Water Tower Northfield 52°24′15″N 1°59′48″W / 52.4042559°N 1.9965951°W / 52.4042559; -1.9965951
Birmingham Matthew Boulton College Matthew Boulton College Birmingham.jpg 40 132 8 2005 Education Eastside Birmingham Metropolitan College Matthew Boulton Campus 52°28′59″N 1°53′22″W / 52.4830152°N 1.8893594°W / 52.4830152; -1.8893594
Birmingham Setl SETL, Birmingham.jpg 40 131 12 T/O Residential Jewellery Quarter formerly Cornwall House 52°29′02″N 1°54′12″W / 52.4839361°N 1.9033365°W / 52.4839361; -1.9033365
Birmingham Cathedral Church of St Philip Cathedral Church of St Philip in Birmingham (Roger Kidd).jpg 40 131 1715 Place of worship Colmore Business District 52°28′52″N 1°53′57″W / 52.4810921°N 1.8992330°W / 52.4810921; -1.8992330
Birmingham University of Birmingham Health Innovation Campus Phase 1 Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 40 131 7 2023 Education Edgbaston 52°26′49″N 1°56′18″W / 52.4469243°N 1.9382817°W / 52.4469243; -1.9382817
Coventry 42 St Osburg's Church St Osburg's Church.png 40 130 1845 Place of Worship Spon End Church of The Most Holy Sacrament and St. Osburg's 52°24′40″N 1°31′10″W / 52.4110750°N 1.5194964°W / 52.4110750; -1.5194964
Sandwell 9 West Bromwich Town Hall West Bromwich Town Hall (Cropped).jpg 40 130 1875 Civic Building West Bromwich 52°31′15″N 1°59′54″W / 52.5207082°N 1.9982186°W / 52.5207082; -1.9982186
246= Birmingham 161= One Chamberlain Square Two Chamberlain Square (1).jpg 39 128 8 2020 Office City Centre Paradise 52°28′49″N 1°54′17″W / 52.4803654°N 1.9046991°W / 52.4803654; -1.9046991
Birmingham Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre.jpg 39 128 12 1962 Hotel City Centre Albany Hotel, Smallbrook Street Hotel 52°28′32″N 1°53′56″W / 52.4756458°N 1.8989325°W / 52.4756458; -1.8989325
Wolverhampton 14 TheStudios24 Park by Ring Road St Andrew's, Wolverhampton - geograph.org.uk - 3757585 (cropped).jpg 39 128 13 1960's/2019 Residential Chapel Ash Construction House
former Carillion Head Office
52°35′12″N 2°08′03″W / 52.5865618°N 2.1342565°W / 52.5865618; -2.1342565
249= Birmingham 163= Altura Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 38 125 12 2020 Student accommodation Westside Bath Court 52°28′19″N 1°54′48″W / 52.4719646°N 1.9134651°W / 52.4719646; -1.9134651
Birmingham bCentral Queens College Chambers Birmingham.jpg 38 125 12 1904/1976 Residential City Centre Queens College Chambers 52°28′45″N 1°54′13″W / 52.4790655°N 1.9036515°W / 52.4790655; -1.9036515
Birmingham Crowne Plaza Hotel Crowne Plaza Hotel, Birmingham - DSC08755.JPG 38 125 12 1973 Hotel Westside 52°28′39″N 1°54′22″W / 52.4775703°N 1.9060303°W / 52.4775703; -1.9060303
Birmingham Penworks House The Penworks.jpg 38 125 11 2013 Student accommodation Gun Quarter iQ Penworks House, Moland Street Student Residences 52°29′19″N 1°53′28″W / 52.48847642°N 1.891152°W / 52.48847642; -1.891152
Birmingham Two Chamberlain Square One Chamberlain Square (1).jpg 38 125 8 2019 Office City Centre Paradise 52°28′48″N 1°54′17″W / 52.4799994°N 1.9046298°W / 52.4799994; -1.9046298
Coventry 43= City Village Block B City Village, Bond Street, Coventry (geograph 5568444) (Cropped).jpg 38 125 9 2017 Student accommodation City Centre Downing Students Accommodation & Housing
Belgrade Plaza Phase 3
52°24′36″N 1°30′56″W / 52.4098620°N 1.5156734°W / 52.4098620; -1.5156734
Coventry Severn Trent Centre Severn Trent Centre.jpg 38 125 9 2010 Office City Centre Severn Trent Headquarters 52°24′17″N 1°30′24″W / 52.4046196°N 1.5067581°W / 52.4046196; -1.5067581
Sandwell 10 St Paul's Church St Paul's Church Wednesbury (Chris Allen).png 38 125 1874 Place of Worship Wednesbury St Paul's & St Luke's 52°33′46″N 2°00′19″W / 52.5628289°N 2.0052251°W / 52.5628289; -2.0052251
Cannock Chase 3= Holiday Inn Birmingham North Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 38 125 12 2007 Hotel Cannock 52°40′25″N 2°01′31″W / 52.6736048°N 2.0251669°W / 52.6736048; -2.0251669
Cannock Chase Lakeside Plaza Lakeside Plaza Cannock.jpg 38 125 12 2006 Office Cannock 52°40′17″N 2°02′03″W / 52.6714611°N 2.0340495°W / 52.6714611; -2.0340495
257= Birmingham 168= Birmingham Oratory BirminghamOratoryDome.jpg 37 121 1909 Place of Worship Five Ways & Hagley Road 52°28′20″N 1°55′45″W / 52.4722846°N 1.9291377°W / 52.4722846; -1.9291377
Birmingham Charles House Charles House, Birmingham.jpg 37 121 9 1939 Office Jewellery Quarter 148 Great Charles Street 52°28′54″N 1°54′17″W / 52.4817612°N 1.9046490°W / 52.4817612; -1.9046490
Birmingham Great Charles Street, Block B2 Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 37 121 11 T/O Residential Jewellery Quarter 52°29′02″N 1°54′06″W / 52.4838578°N 1.9017367°W / 52.4838578; -1.9017367
Birmingham Jennens Court Colleges and Universities (8728856688) (Cropped).jpg 37 121 13 2009 Student accommodation Eastside Etna House 52°28′57″N 1°53′19″W / 52.4825688°N 1.8886056°W / 52.4825688; -1.8886056
Birmingham St Agatha's Church St Agatha's Church 2.jpg 37 121 1901 Place of Worship Sparkbrook 52°27′40″N 1°52′25″W / 52.4611048°N 1.8736754°W / 52.4611048; -1.8736754
Birmingham true Birmingham TrueBirmngham.png 37 121 11 2020 Student accommodation Southside 52°28′31″N 1°53′43″W / 52.4751765°N 1.8952198°W / 52.4751765; -1.8952198
Coventry 45 Paradise Student Village Tower 2 AXO Paradise Village Coventry.jpg 37 121 12 2018 Student accommodation Coventry University AXO Student Living Paradise Street Block B 52°24′13″N 1°30′08″W / 52.4037039°N 1.5021616°W / 52.4037039; -1.5021616
Sandwell 11 Sandwell College Central Campus Central Campus, Sandwell College, West Bromwich (Cropped).png 37 121 8 2012 Education West Bromwich 52°30′52″N 1°59′29″W / 52.5145031°N 1.9915080°W / 52.5145031; -1.9915080
Solihull 4= Birmingham Airport Air Traffic Control Tower Air Traffic Control Tower, Birmingham Airport.jpg 37 121 7 2013 Tower Bickenhill 52°26′49″N 1°44′55″W / 52.4469779°N 1.7485330°W / 52.4469779; -1.7485330
Solihull Resorts World Arena Genting Arena.jpg 37 121 1980/2009 Indoor Arena Bickenhill NEC Arena
LG Arena
Genting Arena
52°26′54″N 1°43′14″W / 52.4484171°N 1.7204631°W / 52.4484171; -1.7204631
Walsall 3 The New Art Gallery Walsall Walsall art gallery (cropped).jpg 37 120 2000 Art Gallery City Centre 52°35′09″N 1°59′11″W / 52.5857256°N 1.9862685°W / 52.5857256; -1.9862685
Wolverhampton 15= Mander House Mander House.jpg 37 120 10 1968 Office City Centre 52°35′07″N 2°07′40″W / 52.5852603°N 2.1278652°W / 52.5852603; -2.1278652
Wolverhampton St Peter's Church St. Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton - geograph.org.uk - 555358.jpg 37 120 c.1350 Place of Worship City Centre 52°35′12″N 2°07′42″W / 52.5867132°N 2.1283735°W / 52.5867132; -2.1283735
270= Birmingham 174= Erdington Abbey Church Erdington Abbey Birmingham.png 36 118 1850 Place of Worship Erdington Church of Saints Thomas and Edmund of Canterbury 52°31′42″N 1°50′11″W / 52.5283164°N 1.8362561°W / 52.5283164; -1.8362561
Birmingham One Swallow Street One Swallow Street Birmingham.jpg 36 118 12 2016 Residential City Centre 52°28′44″N 1°54′09″W / 52.4787928°N 1.9025281°W / 52.4787928; -1.9025281
Birmingham Rutland House Rutland House.jpg 36 118 11 1970 Office Colmore Business District 52°28′57″N 1°54′03″W / 52.4823813°N 1.9007697°W / 52.4823813; -1.9007697
Birmingham WOLO House WOLO House.jpg 36 118 11 1959/2024 Office Colmore Business District Britannia House
50 Great Charles Street
52°28′58″N 1°54′09″W / 52.4828794°N 1.9026113°W / 52.4828794; -1.9026113
Coventry 46 Copper Towers Block 2 Copper Towers Coventry.png 36 118 12 2022 Student accommodation City Centre Vita Student Warwick Road, Tower B 52°24′14″N 1°30′46″W / 52.4037590°N 1.5128893°W / 52.4037590; -1.5128893
Stratford-upon-Avon 2 Royal Shakespeare Theatre Tower StratfordTheatreAndObsevationTower stratford-computers.co.uk (Cropped).jpg 36 118 2010 Observation Tower Waterside 52°11′26″N 1°42′14″W / 52.1906111°N 1.7037986°W / 52.1906111; -1.7037986
276= Birmingham 178= 19 Cornwall Street 19 Cornwall Street, Birmingham.jpg 35 115 8 ~1992 Office Colmore Business District 52°28′59″N 1°54′04″W / 52.4831231°N 1.9010640°W / 52.4831231; -1.9010640
Birmingham Edgbaston Waterworks Tower Edgbaston Waterworks.jpg 35 115 6 1870 Works Tower Edgbaston Edgbaston Pumping Station 52°28′33″N 1°56′01″W / 52.4758°N 1.9336°W / 52.4758; -1.9336
Birmingham Glasswater Locks, Plot E1 Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 35 115 9 T/O Residential Edgbaston 52°29′06″N 1°52′57″W / 52.4850425°N 1.8824951°W / 52.4850425; -1.8824951
Birmingham Glasswater Locks, Plot E2 Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 35 115 9 T/O Residential Edgbaston 52°29′06″N 1°52′57″W / 52.4850425°N 1.8824951°W / 52.4850425; -1.8824951
Birmingham Glasswater Locks, Plot E3 Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 35 115 9 T/O Residential Edgbaston 52°29′06″N 1°52′57″W / 52.4850425°N 1.8824951°W / 52.4850425; -1.8824951
Birmingham Glasswater Locks, Plot E4 Tall buildings placeholder Horizontal.png 35 115 9 T/O Residential Edgbaston 52°29′06″N 1°52′57″W / 52.4850425°N 1.8824951°W / 52.4850425; -1.8824951
Birmingham House of Fraser Birmingham (35635875896).jpg 35 115 9 1955– Mixed-use City Centre Rackhams 52°28′51″N 1°53′46″W / 52.4808732°N 1.8961051°W / 52.4808732; -1.8961051
Birmingham Moseley Road Baths Balsall Heath Baths and Library.jpg 35 115 1907 Leisure & Entertainment Balsall Heath Moseley Road Library and Public Baths 52°27′26″N 1°53′09″W / 52.4572991°N 1.8858127°W / 52.4572991; -1.8858127
Birmingham Royd House Royd House Birmingham.jpg 35 115 12 2005 Residential City Centre Westside 2 52°28′34″N 1°54′06″W / 52.4761239°N 1.90160148°W / 52.4761239; -1.90160148
Birmingham Selfridges Building Selfridges Building, Birmingham (2012) (Cropped).jpg 35 115 4 2003 Retail City Centre BullRing 52°28′41″N 1°53′31″W / 52.4780458°N 1.8919534°W / 52.4780458; -1.8919534
Birmingham St Stephen's Church St Stephen's Church Selly Park.jpg 35 115 1871 Place of Worship Selly Park 52°26′37″N 1°55′22″W / 52.4434928°N 1.9228159°W / 52.4434928; -1.9228159
Birmingham St Thomas' Church St Thomas' Church Birmingham (Cropped).jpg 35 115 1829 Place of Worship / Ruin Westside 52°28′23″N 1°54′23″W / 52.4731446°N 1.9063903°W / 52.4731446; -1.9063903
Lichfield 3 Toslon's Mill Tolson Mill Fazeley.jpg 35 115 1886/2020 Residential Fazeley 52°36′51″N 1°42′03″W / 52.6142090°N 1.7008807°W / 52.6142090; -1.7008807
Rugby Ashlawn Water Tower Rugby - Ashlawn Road - geograph.org.uk - 109272.jpg 35 115 1934 Water Tower Overslade Rugby Water Tower 52°21′01″N 1°15′17″W / 52.3501551°N 1.2546488°W / 52.3501551; -1.2546488

Other tall buildings and structures

This is a list of selected buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that are likely to stand at least 35 metres (115 ft) tall but for which no height-specific documentation or reliable supporting reference is currently available. The buildings are not ranked but are instead listed in alphabetical order by metropolitan or regional authority.

Currently updating

Rank Authority Auth. Rank Name Est. Height Floors Year completed Primary Use District Alternative Name/s Coordinates Gen. ref.
(m) (ft)
Birmingham All Saints Church 35+ 115+ 1860– Place of Worship Kings Heath 52°25′59″N 1°53′38″W / 52.4331°N 1.8938°W / 52.4331; -1.8938
Birmingham Church of SS Mary and Ambrose 35+ 115+ 1898 Place of Worship Edgbaston 52°27′31″N 1°54′14″W / 52.4585°N 1.9038°W / 52.4585; -1.9038
Birmingham Millennium Apartments 35+ 115+ Residential Jewellery Quarter 52°29′00″N 1°54′19″W / 52.4832573°N 1.9052320°W / 52.4832573; -1.9052320
Birmingham St Andrew's Church 35+ 115+ 1909 Place of Worship Handsworth 52°30′50″N 1°56′11″W / 52.5139692°N 1.9364054°W / 52.5139692; -1.9364054
Birmingham St Anne's Church, Moseley 35+ 115+ 1874 Place of Worship Moseley 52°27′03″N 1°53′30″W / 52.4508348°N 1.8916472°W / 52.4508348; -1.8916472
Birmingham St Cyprian's Church 35+ 115+ 1878 Place of Worship Hay Mills 52°27′47″N 1°50′27″W / 52.4629456°N 1.8409096°W / 52.4629456; -1.8409096
Birmingham Summerfield Community Centre and Job Preparation Unit 35+ 115+ 5 1878 Civic Building Summerfield former Dudley Road Board School 52°29′03″N 1°56′25″W / 52.48403°N 1.94025°W / 52.48403; -1.94025
Birmingham Witton Cemetery Chapel 35+ 115+ 1863 Place of Worship Witton 52°31′30″N 1°52′43″W / 52.5249°N 1.878697°W / 52.5249; -1.878697
Dudley Our Lady and All Saints Catholic Church 35+ 115+ 1864 Place of Worship Stourbridge 52°27′16″N 2°08′42″W / 52.4544940°N 2.1450976°W / 52.4544940; -2.1450976
Dudley St John the Baptist Church 35+ 115+ 1083– Place of Worship Halesowen 52°27′01″N 2°03′02″W / 52.4503050°N 2.0506503°W / 52.4503050; -2.0506503
North Warwickshire All Saints Church 35+ 115+ 1883 Place of Worship Seckington 52°39′50″N 1°37′00″W / 52.6637941°N 1.6167011°W / 52.6637941; -1.6167011
Redditch St Stephen's Church 35+ 115+ 1855 Place of Worship Town Centre 52°18′25″N 1°56′28″W / 52.3070198°N 1.9410687°W / 52.3070198; -1.9410687
Sandwell Solvay Solutions UK Limited 35+ 115+ Chimney Langley Green 52°29′38″N 2°00′48″W / 52.4938366°N 2.0133811°W / 52.4938366; -2.0133811
Sandwell St Michael and Holy Angels Church 35+ 115+ 1907 Place of Worship West Bromwich 52°31′08″N 1°59′41″W / 52.5187856°N 1.9946698°W / 52.5187856; -1.9946698
Solihull St Peter's Church 35+ 115+ 1140– Place of Worship Bickenhill 52°26′21″N 1°43′30″W / 52.4390466°N 1.7251267°W / 52.4390466; -1.7251267
Walsall Walsall Council House 35+ 115+ 6 1905 Civic building Town Centre 52°35′09″N 1°58′48″W / 52.5858°N 1.9801°W / 52.5858; -1.9801
Warwick All Saints Church 35+ 115+ 1864 Place of Worship Sherbourne 52°14′54″N 1°37′03″W / 52.2482993°N 1.6174395°W / 52.2482993; -1.6174395
Warwick St Nicholas Church 35+ 115+ 1780– Place of Worship Town Centre 52°16′55″N 1°34′54″W / 52.2818669°N 1.5816152°W / 52.2818669; -1.5816152
Wolverhampton St George's Church 35+ 115+ 1830 Place of Worship (Disused) City Centre 52°39′50″N 1°37′00″W / 52.6637941°N 1.6167011°W / 52.6637941; -1.6167011
Wolverhampton St Mark's Church 35+ 115+ 1849 Office Chapel Ash 52°35′04″N 2°08′13″W / 52.5844177°N 2.1370711°W / 52.5844177; -2.1370711

Tallest under construction

This list ranks all under-construction buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that will stand at least 35 metres (115 ft) tall, based on standard height measurements.

Updated March 2025

Rank Authority Auth. Rank Name Alternative name(s) Function Height Floors District Estimated
completion
Ref.
(m) (ft)
1 Birmingham 1 Edition, Centenary Tower Ora Tower
Brindley Drive 1
Project Drive
Residential 148 486 46 Westside 2027
2 Birmingham 2 MODA Great Charles Street Residential 126 413 39 Jewellery Quarter 2025
3 Birmingham 3 Glasswater Locks, Plot D Residential 124 406 38 Eastside 2027
4 Birmingham 4 Beorma Tower Beorma Quarter Phase 2 Mixed-use 113 371 27 City Centre 2025
5= Birmingham 5 Upper Trinity Street, Block H Mixed-use 102 337 32 Digbeth 2027
Walsall 1 Encyclis EfW Plant Walsall Energy from Waste Plant Chimney 102 335 Bloxwich 2025
7= Birmingham 6 Crown Place 75-79 Lancaster St Student accommodation 100 328 33 Gun Quarter 2025
Sandwell 1 Enfinium Kelvin EfW Plant Chimney 100 328 West Bromwich 2025
9 Birmingham 7 Enclave Lower Essex Street Residential 98 322 27 Southside 2025
10 Birmingham 8 Vita Student Suffolk Street Student accommodation 92 302 29 Southside 2025
11 Birmingham 9 Smith's Gardens Camp Hill Gardens
Sulzer Camp Hill
Residential 90 295 26 Bordesley 2025
12 Birmingham 10 Bloc Grand Central Hotel 74 272 22 City Centre Stalled
13 Birmingham 11 Glasswater Locks, Plot F2 Residential 60 197 18 Eastside 2027
14 Birmingham 12 Upper Trinity Street, Block J Residential 57 187 19 Digbeth 2026
15= Birmingham 13= Former 'The Trees' Public House Student accommodation 53 174 17 Southside 2026
Birmingham Upper Trinity Street, Block A Residential 53 174 16 Digbeth 2026
17 Birmingham 15 Park Residence Ora 2
Brindley Drive 2
Project Drive
Residential 52 171 15 Westside 2026
18 Birmingham 16 Upper Trinity Street, Block B Residential 51 168 15 Digbeth 2026
19 Birmingham 17 Upper Trinity Street, Block C Residential 49 162 15 Digbeth 2026
20 Birmingham 18 Neighbourhood Heights Morville Street Apartments Residential 48 158 14 Ladywood 2025
21 Birmingham 19 HAÜS (refurb and extension) VOCO St James Hotel
12 Calthorpe Road
Mixed-use 46 151 13 Five Ways & Hagley Road 2025
22 Birmingham 20 Glasswater Locks, Plot F1 Residential 40 132 10 Eastside 2027
23= Birmingham 21= Curzon Street Station High Speed Rail (HS2) terminal Transport 35 115 Eastside 2027
Birmingham Upper Trinity Street, Block E Residential 35 115 11 Digbeth 2026

Tallest proposed

Approved

This list ranks all buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that have been granted full planning permission and will stand at least 35 metres (115 ft) tall when completed.

Updated March 2025

Rank Authority Auth. Rank Name Alternative name(s) Function Height Floors District Year
approved
Ref.
(m) (ft)
1 Birmingham 1 Boulton Tower Curzon Wharf, Tower 1 Residential 172 564 53 Eastside 2023
2= Birmingham 2= HUB 2 Snowhill Plaza Residential 151 495 48 City Core 2023
Birmingham SBQ 3 Smallbrook Queensway 3 Residential 151 495 48 Southside 2023
4 Birmingham 4 The Essington Glassworks Residential 145 476 47 Westside 2023
5 Birmingham 5 Tower Leaf Irish Centre Tower Residential 146 479 48 Digbeth 2021
6 Birmingham 6 Watt Tower Curzon Wharf, Tower 2 Student accommodation ~134 ~440 41 Eastside 2023
7 Birmingham 7 Garrison Circus Block D Mixed-use 122 400 37 Digbeth 2024
8 Birmingham 8 211 Broad Street Super Slender Tower Aparthotel 117 383 36 Westside 2020
9 Birmingham 9 Louden's Yard, Plot D New Garden Square Phase 2, Tower Residential 115 378 37 Five Ways & Hagley Road 2024
10 Birmingham 10 Cambrian Wharf Canalside Block Student accommodation 110 361 34 Westside 2024
11 Birmingham 11 High Street/Clyde Street Bordesley former Safestyle building Residential 108 354 34 Westside 2023
12 Birmingham 12 The Hundred 100 Broad Street Residential 103 338 32 Westside 2024
13 Birmingham 13 Queens Hospital Tower Student accommodation 101 331 33 Westside 2024
14 Birmingham 14 The Stone Yard, Block D Residential 98 322 30 Digbeth 2020
15 Birmingham 15 New Monaco Tower 1 formerly Monaco House Residential 90 295 29 Southside 2021
16 Birmingham 16 Connaught Square Residential 88 289 27 Digbeth 2017
17 Birmingham 17 Princip Street Tower Residential 82 269 26 Gun Quarter 2024
18= Birmingham 18= Hay Hall Energy Recovery Facility Hay Hall Bio Power Facility Chimney 80 262 Tyseley 2019
Birmingham New Monaco Tower 2 formerly Monaco House Residential 80 262 26 Southside 2021
20 Birmingham 20 Hoskin's Yard Lunar Rise Residential 77 253 25 Digbeth 2025
21 Birmingham 21 Smithfield Lofts The Pressworks Office 74 243 23 Digbeth 2023
22 Birmingham 22 Smithfield, Plot 4A Mixed-use 70 230 19 Smithfield 2025
23 Birmingham 23 One Ratcliff Square Paradise Phase 2 Hotel 68 223 22 City Centre 2021
24 Birmingham 24 Volume Works III 35 and 50 Cliveland Street Student accommodation 65 213 20 Gun Quarter 2025
25 Birmingham 25 The Five former Ladywood Social Club Residential 61 200 17 Ladywood 2021
26 Coventry 1 Paradise Street Residential 57 187 17 City Centre 2025
27= Birmingham 26 Smithfield, Plot 3A Office 56 184 12 Smithfield 2024
Coventry 2 Bishops Gate Tower 5 Bishopgate Phase 2 Mixed-use 56 185 18 City Centre 2023
29 Coventry 3 The Butts Student Residences Student accommodation 55 178 19 City Centre 2021
30= Birmingham 27= Cambrian Wharf Courtyard Block Student accommodation 54 177 14 Westside 2023
Birmingham Garrison Circus Block C Mixed-use 54 177 15 Digbeth 2024
Birmingham Smithfield, Plot 1D, Building A Residential 54 177 16 Smithfield 2024
33= Birmingham 30 Queensgate Square Residential 53 174 15 Westside 2024
Sandwell 1 Wellbeing Tower former Kings Cinema Residential ~53 ~172 15 West Bromwich 2022
35= Birmingham 31 Park Residence Ora 2
Brindley Drive 2
Project Drive
Residential 52 171 15 Westside 2022
North Warks. 1 The Eternal Wall The Wall of Answered Prayer Monument 52 170 Coleshill 2020
37 Birmingham 32 Warners Fields, Plot C4 Rea Street South Mixed-use ~51 ~167 15 Digbeth 2025
38= Birmingham 33= Former Goods Yard, Pershore Street Student accommodation 50 165 15 Southside 2024
Birmingham Nyx Hotel Hotel 50 165 15 Westside 2019
Birmingham The Stone Yard, Block B Residential 50 165 15 Digbeth 2020
41= Birmingham 36= Commonwealth Games Village Plot 10 former BCU City North Campus Mixed-use 49 161 14 Perry Barr 2022
Birmingham Warners Fields, Plot C2 Rea Street South Mixed-use 49 162 15 Digbeth 2025
43 Birmingham 38 5 Centenary Square Office 48 158 12 Westside 2020
44 Sandwell 2 PJ House Residential 47 154 14 Smethwick 2022
45= Birmingham 39= The Drapery (refurb and extension) 120 Edmund Street Office 44 144 11 Colmore Business District 2025
Birmingham ICOB Masjid Rahmania Community and Education Centre Quadria Trust Mosque Place of worship ~44 ~144 7 Sparkbrook 2020
47= Birmingham 41= Smithfield, Plot 1D, Building B Residential 43 141 12 Smithfield 2024
Birmingham Warners Fields, Plot A2 Rea Street South Mixed-use 43 141 13 Digbeth 2025
49= Birmingham 43= Base Lead Works Student accommodation 42 138 14 Westside 2024
Birmingham Oasis Southside Mixed-use 42 138 12 Southside 2022
51= Birmingham 45= Kent Street Residential 40 131 12 Southside 2024
Birmingham Smithfield, Plot 1D, Building D Residential 40 131 12 Smithfield 2024
Solihull 1 The Lantern 64-66 Station Road Mixed-use 40 131 11 Town Centre 2022
54 Birmingham 47 Southside Residences 16 Kent Street Residential 39 128 12 Southside 2023
55= Birmingham 48= Birmingham Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Place of Worship 38 125 Sutton Coldfield 2025
Birmingham Leopold Works Residential 38 125 11 Digbeth 2023
Birmingham Smithfield House Aparthotel 38 125 12 Digbeth 2021
58 Birmingham 51 Maple House 150 Corporation Street Residential 37 121 10 City Core 2025
59 Solihull 2 Westgate 21 Office 36 118 8 Town Centre 2021
60= Birmingham 52= 2 Brindleyplace (refurb and extension) Office 35 115 8 Westside 2023
Birmingham 40 Upper Gough Street, Building 1 Office 35 115 9 Westside 2021
Birmingham Icknield Square, Plot B1 Residential 35 115 10 Ladywood 2025
Birmingham The Stone Yard, Block A Residential 35 115 10 Digbeth 2020
Birmingham The Stone Yard, Block C Residential 35 115 10 Digbeth 2020

This list ranks all buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that have received outline planning permission and will stand at least 35 metres (115 ft) tall when full planning permission is sought and granted.

Updated March 2025

Rank Authority Auth. Rank Name Alternative name(s) Function Height Floors District Year
approved
Ref.
(m) (ft)
1 Birmingham 1 SBQ 2 Smallbrook Queensway 2 Residential 180 591 56 Southside 2023
2 Birmingham 2 SBQ 1 Smallbrook Queensway 1 Residential 142 466 44 Southside 2023
3 Birmingham 3 Martineau Galleries, Plot 2c Residential 126 413 35 City Centre 2020
4= Birmingham 4 Adderley Street, Plot 2 former Digbeth Central Bus Garage Mixed-use 83 272 25 Bordesley 2021
Wolverhampton 1 Brewers Yard, Plot 1A Mixed-use 83 272 23 Springfield 2023
6 Birmingham 5 Martineau Galleries, Plot 5 Office 80 262 17 City Centre 2020
7 Birmingham 6 Martineau Galleries, Plot 4c Residential 74 243 20 City Centre 2020
8 Wolverhampton 2 Brewers Yard, Tower 2 Mixed-use 72 236 25 Springfield 2023
9 Birmingham 7 Martineau Galleries, Plot 6 Office 69 226 14 City Centre 2020
10 Coventry 1 City Centre South, Block D Mixed-use ~67 ~220 ~21 City Centre 2022
11 Coventry 2 Abbott's Park, Plot 1 Gas Works, Block 1 Residential 66 217 21 City Centre 2023
12= Birmingham 8= BCU Eastside, Plot A Mixed-use 62 203 14 Eastside 2023
Birmingham Martineau Galleries, Plot 7 Office 62 203 13 City Centre 2020
14 Coventry 3 City Centre South, Block B Mixed-use ~61 ~200 ~19 City Centre 2022
15= Birmingham 10= Martineau Galleries, Plot 3c Residential / Hotel 60 197 16 City Centre 2020
Birmingham Martineau Galleries, Plot 1 Office 60 197 12 City Centre 2020
17 Birmingham 12 Martineau Galleries, Plot 3f Residential / Hotel 59 194 16 City Centre 2020
18= Birmingham 13 Duddeston Viaduct Building Digbeth Regeneration, Plot V1-10 Mixed-use 57 187 15 Digbeth 2024
Coventry 4 Bishop Street Block B former Coventry Evening Telegraph Student accommodation 57 187 19 City Centre 2018
20 Birmingham 14 Martineau Galleries, Plot 2b Residential 54 177 14 City Centre 2020
21 Birmingham 15 Martineau Galleries, Plot 4b Residential 53 174 14 City Centre 2020
22 Birmingham 16 Three Congreve Square Paradise Phase 3 Mixed-use ~53 ~174 12 City Centre 2013
23= Birmingham 17 The Metalworks Adderley Street, Plot 1 Residential 50 165 15 Bordesley 2021
Coventry 5 City Centre South, Block C Mixed-use ~50 ~164 ~16 City Centre 2022
Wolverhampton 3 Brewers Yard, Plot 1B Mixed-use 50 164 13 Springfield 2023
26 Birmingham 18 One Congreve Square Paradise Phase 3 Mixed-use ~49 ~161 11 City Centre 2013
27= Birmingham 19= Adderley Street, Plot 5 former Digbeth Central Bus Garage Mixed-use 48 158 13 Bordesley 2021
Birmingham Adderley Street, Plot 6 former Digbeth Central Bus Garage Mixed-use 48 158 13 Bordesley 2021
Birmingham New Bond Street, Zone 1A Residential 48 158 15 Bordesley 2021
Birmingham New Bond Street, Zone 2C Residential 48 158 15 Bordesley 2021
31= Birmingham 23 Martineau Galleries, Plot 4d Residential 47 155 11 City Centre 2020
Coventry 6 Abbott's Park, Plot 2A Gas Works, Block 2A Residential 47 154 15 City Centre 2023
33 Birmingham 24 Martineau Galleries, Plot 3d Residential / Hotel 46 151 12 City Centre 2020
34 Birmingham 25 Adderley Street, Plot 3 former Digbeth Central Bus Garage Mixed-use 44 144 12 Bordesley 2021
35= Birmingham 26 BCU Eastside, Plot C Mixed-use 42 138 8 Eastside 2023
Coventry 7 Abbott's Park, Plot 2B Gas Works, Block 2B Residential 42 138 13 City Centre 2023
37 Birmingham 27 Two Centenary Way Paradise Phase 3 Mixed-use ~41 ~134 9 City Centre 2013
38 Birmingham 28 Martineau Galleries, Plot 3e Residential / Hotel 40 131 10 City Centre 2020
39 Birmingham 29 Martineau Galleries, Plot 3b Residential / Hotel 37 121 9 City Centre 2020

Proposed

This list ranks all buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that will stand at least 35 metres (115 ft) tall, for which planning permission has been sought but not yet granted.

Updated March 2025

Rank Authority Auth. Rank Name Alternative name(s) Function Height Floors District Year of
submission
Ref.
(m) (ft)
1 Birmingham 1 Perryian Works, Tower 1 1 Lancaster Circus Student Accommodation 162 531 48 Gun Quarter 2024
2 Birmingham 2 Goods Station, Tower 1 Former Axis site Mixed-use 153 502 49 Westside 2024
3 Birmingham 3 Perryian Works, Tower 2 1 Lancaster Circus Student Accommodation 140 459 41 Gun Quarter 2024
4 Birmingham 4 The Glassworks Residential 134 440 43 Westside Refused
5 Birmingham 5 Trifecta Residences Residential 133 436 40 Southside Refused
6 Birmingham 6 Goods Station, Tower 2 Former Axis site Mixed-use 123 404 39 Westside 2024
7 Birmingham 7 Edgbaston Street Gardens, Block A Former Indoor Markets Site Residential 100 328 32 Southside 2024
8 Birmingham 8 Goods Station, Tower 3 Former Axis site Mixed-use 93 305 29 Westside 2024
9 Birmingham 9 Edgbaston Street Gardens, Block B Former Indoor Markets Site Residential 91 299 29 Southside 2024
10 Birmingham 10 Edgbaston Street Gardens, Block C–D Former Indoor Markets Site Residential 64 210 20 Southside 2024
11 Birmingham 11 Goods Station, Tower 4 Former Axis site Mixed-use 63 207 19 Westside 2024
12 Birmingham 12 55 Holloway Head Lee Bank Business Centre
Projekt 55
Mixed-use 47 154 11 Westside 2024
13 Birmingham 13 The White Lion Student accommodation 45 148 14 Southside 2024
14 Solihull 14 Mell Square Mixed-use 44 145 14 Town Centre 2025
15= Birmingham 15= The Barrel Works 146-148 Charles Henry Street Residential 42 138 15 Digbeth 2024
Birmingham Lonsdale House Residential 42 138 12 Digbeth 2025
17 Birmingham 17 Western Business Park, Block 6 Residential 38 125 12 Winson Green 2022

Emergent

This list ranks pre-applications and emergent proposals for buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that will stand at least 35 metres (115 ft) tall, if full planning permission is sought and granted. Please note that the data for each structure may not be complete.

Updated March 2025

Rank Authority Auth. Rank Name Alternative name(s) Function Height Floors District Year
published
Ref.
(m) (ft)
1 Birmingham 1 The Wharf, Tower 1 Residential 180 591 57 Westside 2024
2 Birmingham 2 Electric Cinema, 47 Station Street Residential ~50 City Centre 2024
3 Birmingham 3 Gas Quarter, Tower 1 Mixed-use ~45 Westside 2024
4 Birmingham 4 The Wharf, Tower 2 Residential 131 430 41 Westside 2024
5 Birmingham 5 Gas Quarter, Tower 2 Mixed-use ~39 Westside 2024
6 Birmingham 6 Five Ways House and Tower Mixed-use 32 Five Ways & Hagley Road 2023
7= Birmingham 7= Former Goods Yard Pershore Street, Phase 1C Mixed-use ~90 ~295 ~30 Southside 2023
Birmingham Gas Quarter, Tower 3 Mixed-use ~30 Westside 2024
Birmingham Aston University Campus Plot 11 Gateway Tower Student accommodation ~30 Eastside 2020
10 Birmingham 10 The Narrowhouse Gather & Soul Residential 29 Westside 2025
11= Birmingham 11 Bradford Street Mixed-use Residential 20 Digbeth 2024
Coventry 1 "Twisting" Tower Student accommodation 60 197 20 City Centre 2021
13 Birmingham 12 Aston University Campus Plot 12 Student accommodation ~20 Eastside 2020
14 Birmingham 13 Gas Quarter, Tower 4 Mixed-use ~17 Westside 2024
15= Birmingham 14= Aston University Campus Plot 1 Student accommodation ~15 Eastside 2020
Birmingham Aston University Campus Plot 13 Student accommodation ~15 Eastside 2020
Birmingham The Races former Perry Barr Greyhound Track Residential ~15 Perry Barr 2023
Birmingham The Wharf, Hotel Residential 46 151 15 Westside 2024
Coventry 2 1 Lincoln Street Student accommodation 15 City Centre 2023
Wolverhampton 1 Cornhill Tower Mixed-use ~15 City Centre 2018
21 Birmingham 18 Premier Inn, Essington Street (Conversion) Student Accommodation 14 Westside 2025
22 Birmingham 19 New Birmingham Children's Hospital Public Facility 10 City Core 2020

Unbuilt

This list ranks proposals for the construction of buildings and free-standing structures in Birmingham that were planned to rise at least 100 metres (328 ft), for which planning permission was rejected or which were otherwise withdrawn.

Rank Authority Auth. Rank Name Function Height Floors District Year
proposed
Notes Ref.
(m) (ft)
1 Birmingham 1 Regal Tower Mixed-use 201 659 56 Westside 2007
2 Birmingham 2 VTP200 Observation Tower 200 656 10 Eastside 2010
3 Birmingham 3 Original 100 Broad Street Proposal Residential 193 634 61 Westside 2020 Originally planned to be the tallest building in Birmingham, but it was reduced to 33 floors due to financial unviability of the larger project.
4= Birmingham 4= Arena Central Tower Office 175 574 50 Westside 2007 The Arena Central project was originally masterplanned by HOK International in 1998. The plan called for a landmark 50-storey tower of around 245 metres (805 feet) in height, always intended to be built as one of the latter phases of the scheme. In the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack and after considering market forces, the developers removed 15-storeys from the planned tower. Superseded by the V Building proposal.
Birmingham The Birmingham Pinnacle Observation Tower 175 574 Eastside 2008 The Pinnacle was proposed as Europe's first vertical theme park. It would have provided a range of theme park rides, an observation deck, restaurants, shops, bars and leisure facilities. Superseded by VTP200.
6 Birmingham 6 Act One. Chung Ying Plaza Mixed-use 170 558 52 Southside 2022 Withdrawn in 2023.
7 Birmingham 7 Bull Ring Tower Office 160 525 35 City Centre 1990 Developed by London and Edinburgh Trust and designed by Chapman Taylor were plans that surfaced continuously between 1987 and 1990 for the redevelopment of the Bull Ring Shopping Centre in Birmingham and the demolition of the Rotunda. In the place of the Rotunda was to stand a 160 metre tall office block, a Post Modern design with Art Deco hints of a similar manner to One Liberty Place in Philadelphia. The recession at the start of the 1990s however saw the plans fail to come to fruition and the Rotunda was later listed and restored.
8 Birmingham 8 103 Colmore Row Office 160 525 35 Colmore Business District 2008 In December 2006 a planning application was submitted to demolish the National Westminster Tower at 103 Colmore Row and replace it with a 35-storey office building. The proposal received planning permission from Birmingham City Council in September 2008 but due to the effects of the 2008 financial crisis the scheme was never progressed. In 2014 the building was sold and new plans were submitted for the now completed 103 Colmore Row.
9 Birmingham 9 V Building Residential 152 499 51 Westside 2006 Superseded by Aston Place.
10 Birmingham 10 Post and Mail Scheme (Tower 1 Scheme C) Office 150 492 35 Colmore Business District 2010
11 Birmingham 11 Snow Hill Tower Residential 137 449 43 Colmore Business District 2006 Superseded by Three Snowhill
12= Birmingham 12= New Street Station 'Gateway Plus' Tower 1 Mixed-use 130 427 30 City Centre 2006
Birmingham New Street Station 'Gateway Plus' Tower 1 Mixed-use 130 427 30 City Centre 2006
14= Birmingham 14= Rough Diamond Hotel Tower Hotel 120 394 Jewellery Quarter 2005
Birmingham Rough Diamond Office Tower Office 120 394 Jewellery Quarter 2005
Birmingham Rough Diamond Residential Tower Residential 120 394 Jewellery Quarter 2005
17 Birmingham 17 1 Snow Hill Plaza Office 118 387 29 Colmore Business District 2011 1 Snow Hill Plaza was to be constructed on the site of the Kennedy Tower, however these proposals were dropped following the collapse of the developer, Kenmore. The building that stands on the site has now been renovated and turned into a new Holiday Inn Express indicating that the proposal for a new office building is permanently dead.
18 Birmingham 18 Martineau Galleries Tower Plot 3 Residential ~110 ~360 29 City Centre 2005 Part of the original planning application for the redevelopment of the Martineau Galleries site, which was cancelled in 2009 and subsequently revised and resubmitted by Hammerson in 2020.
19 Birmingham 19 Lancaster Circus Tower, West Midlands Fire Station Mixed-use 108 354 30 Eastside 2011
20 Birmingham 20 Beorma Quarter Block A Mixed-use 107 351 27 City Centre 2009 First iteration of the landmark mixed-use tower approved for the Beorma Quarter site, which was subsequently reimagined and revised upwards in height.
21 Birmingham 21 Axis Square, Building 3 Office 100 328 23 Westside 2018 The tallest of four office buildings to receive planning permission on the site of the former Axis Building, before the site was sold on. The Axis Square development is expected to be superseded by The Goods Station, a mixed-use development by Urban regeneration specialist, Vita Group.

Demolished

This list ranks buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that are undergoing demolition or have been demolished since the year 2000, having stood at least 50 metres (164 ft) in height.

Rank Authority Auth. Rank Name Function Height Floors District Year
built
Year
demolished
Notes Ref.
(m) (ft)
Cannock Chase 1 Rugeley B Power Station Chimney Chimney 183 600 Rugeley 1970 2021 Demolished on 24 January 2021.
Cannock Chase 2= Rugeley B Power Station Tower 1 Cooling Tower 117 384 Rugeley 1970 2021 Demolished on 6 June 2021.
Cannock Chase Rugeley B Power Station Tower 2 Cooling Tower 117 384 Rugeley 1970 2021 Demolished on 6 June 2021.
Cannock Chase Rugeley B Power Station Tower 3 Cooling Tower 117 384 Rugeley 1970 2021 Demolished on 6 June 2021.
Cannock Chase Rugeley B Power Station Tower 4 Cooling Tower 117 384 Rugeley 1970 2021 Demolished on 6 June 2021.
1 Birmingham 1 Birmingham Battery and Metal Co. Chimney 85 279 Selly Oak 1871 2000 Demolished in September 2000.
2 Birmingham 2 National Westminster Tower Office 80 262 23 Colmore Business District 1976 2017 Demolished to make way for 103 Colmore Row.
Wyre Forest 1= British Sugar Beet Factory, Silo 1 Factory 80 262 Kidderminster c.1925 2012 Demolished in July 2012 to make way for the Silverwoods Park estate.
Wyre Forest British Sugar Beet Factory, Silo 2 Factory 80 262 Kidderminster c.1925 2012 Demolished in July 2012 to make way for the Silverwoods Park estate.
Wyre Forest 3 British Sugar Beet Factory, Chimney Chimney 75 246 Kidderminster c.1925 2008 Demolished in February 2008 to make way for the Silverwoods Park estate.
Cannock Chase 6 Rugeley B Power Station Boiler Room Industrial facility 74 245 Rugeley 1970 2020 Demolition of the turbine hall and boiler house took place in several phases between November 2019 and August 2020.
3 Birmingham 3 Edgbaston House Office 69 226 18 Five Ways & Hagley Road 1976 2018 Demolished to make way for New Garden Square.
4= Birmingham 4 Birmingham Post and Mail HQ Office 67 222 16 Colmore Business District 1966 2005 The building was designed by John Madin and was one of his key modernist buildings. It was demolished in 2005 to make way for Colmore Plaza, which stands at 54 metres (177 ft).
Sandwell 1= Aiken House Residential 67 222 24 Smethwick 1970 1992
Sandwell Hamilton House Residential 67 222 24 Smethwick 1970 2007 Demolished on 18 March 2007.
7= Coventry 1= Massey Ferguson Tower Office 64 210 20 Tile Hill 1966 2012 Demolished on 8 July 2012.
Coventry Priory Hall Residential 64 210 20 City Centre 1966 2018
Coventry Webster Hemming & Sons Brickworks Chimney 64 210 Foleshill c.1870 2016 Demolished in July 2016 to make way for Paragon Park housing development.
10= Birmingham 5 Stephenson Tower Residential 63 207 20 City Centre 1967 2011 Demolished in the summer of 2011 as part of site clearance for the redeveloped New Street railway station.
Coventry 4 Civic Centre Building Four Office 63 207 14 City Centre 1971 2019
12 Birmingham 6 Wheel of Birmingham Ferris Wheel 62 203 Westside 2004 2006 The wheel normally comes back every Christmas season between November and January, along with an ice rink.
13= Birmingham 7 Dalton Tower Residential 61 200 21 Eastside 1971 2011 Demolished on 8 May 2011 as part of phase II of the Aston University student village development.
Coventry 5 Coventry Point Office 61 200 14 City Centre 1975 2020
Sandwell 3= Malthouse Point Residential 61 200 21 Smethwick 1969 1997 Demolished on 18 May 1997.
Sandwell Sandfield Point Residential 61 200 21 Smethwick 1969 1997 Demolished on 18 May 1997.
17= Birmingham 8= Lawrence Tower Residential 59 194 21 Eastside 1971 2011 Demolished on 8 May 2011 as part of phase II of the Aston University student village development.
Birmingham Clyde Tower Residential 59 194 20 Aston 1967 2006 Demolished on 5 February 2006.
Sandwell 5= Blades House Residential 59 194 21 West Bromwich 1966 1995 Demolished on 19 November 1995.
Sandwell Dugdale House Residential 59 194 21 West Bromwich 1966 1995 Demolished on 19 November 1995.
Walsall 1 Churchill House Residential 59 194 21 Yew Tree 1966 1996 Demolished on 17 November 1996.
22= Birmingham 10= Calthorpe House Office 58 190 17 Five Ways & Hagley Road 1968 2008 Demolished on 9 March 2008.
Birmingham Stafford Tower Residential 58 190 21 Eastside 1971 2014 Demolished on 27 April 2014 as part of phase II of the Aston University student village development.
Dudley 1= Byron House Residential 58 190 20 Halesowen 1968 1999 Demolished on 25 July 1999.
Dudley Kipling House Residential 58 190 20 Halesowen 1968 1999 Demolished on 25 July 1999.
Dudley Millfield Court Residential 58 190 20 Eve Hill 1969 1999 Demolished on 18 July 1999.
Dudley Prince of Wales Court Residential 58 190 20 Eve Hill 1969 1999 Demolished on 18 July 1999.
28= Birmingham 12= Bayley Tower Residential 57 187 20 Hodge Hill 1967 2011 Demolished 2011.
Birmingham Brooks Tower Residential 57 187 20 Aston 1971 2002 Demolished on 4 August 2002.
Birmingham Charlecote Tower Residential 57 187 20 Southside fka Lee Bank 1965 2000 Demolished on 29 October 2000 to make way for Village Park Central.
Birmingham Chatsworth Tower Residential 57 187 20 Southside fka Lee Bank 1966 2002 Demolished on 27 October 2002 to make way for Village Park Central.
Birmingham Chillinghome Tower Residential 57 187 20 Hodge Hill 1967 2004 Demolished on 21 November 2004.
Birmingham Concorde Tower Residential 57 187 20 Castle Vale 1968 2000 Demolished 2000.
Birmingham Flint Tower Residential 57 187 20 Edgbaston 1971 2004 Demolished on 8 February 2004.
Birmingham Haddon Tower Residential 57 187 20 Southside fka Lee Bank 1967 2006 Demolished on 23 July 2006 to make way for Village Park Central.
Birmingham Holbrook Tower Residential 57 187 20 Hodge Hill 1968 2018 Demolished March 2018.
Birmingham Longleat Tower Residential 57 187 20 Southside fka Lee Bank 1968 2000 Demolished on 29 October 2000 to make way for Village Park Central.
Birmingham Princethorpe Tower Residential 57 187 20 Hockley 1970 2003 Demolished on 17 August 2003.
Birmingham Sapphire Tower Residential 57 187 20 Aston 1971 2016 Demolished December 2016.
Birmingham Stoneycroft Tower Residential 57 187 20 Hodge Hill 1967 2011 Demolished 2011.
Birmingham Warstone Tower Residential 57 187 20 Hodge Hill 1967 2019 Demolished December 2019.
Birmingham Wiggin Tower Residential 57 187 20 Aston 1967 2002 Demolished on 4 August 2002.
43= Sandwell 7= Croxhall Tower Residential 56 184 20 Smethwick 1965 1993 Demolished on 4 April 1993.
Sandwell Mill Tower Residential 56 184 20 Smethwick 1963 1993 Demolished on 4 April 1993.
45 Birmingham 27 No. 12 Gasholder, Windsor Street Gas Holder 55 180 Nechells 1877/1934 2022
46 South Staffordshire 1 SI Group UK Chimney 55 180 Four Ashes c.1960 2013 Demolished in June 2013.
47 Wolverhampton 1 Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Chimney 55 180 Oxley 1927 2008 Demolished on 29 June 2008.
48 Coventry 6 Station Tower Office 54 178 15 City Centre 1972 2016
49= Birmingham 28= Cornwall Tower Residential 52 171 18 Hockley 1970 2014 Demolished on 26 October 2014.
Birmingham Dorset Tower Residential 52 171 18 Hockley 1971 2010 Demolished 2010.
Birmingham Norfolk Tower Residential 52 171 18 Hockley 1971 2017 Demolished 2017.
Birmingham Normansell Tower Residential 52 171 18 Aston 1972 2012 Demolished on 2 September 2012.
53= Birmingham 32= Axis Building Office 51 167 12 Westside 1976 2022 Demolition commenced August 2022.
Birmingham Longbridge Car Plant Chimney 51 168 Longbridge 1995 2020 Demolished December 2020.
55= Birmingham 34= Arconic Aluminium Chimney 1 Chimney 50 165 Kitts Green 1938 2018 Demolished May 2018.
Birmingham Arconic Aluminium Chimney 2 Chimney 50 165 Kitts Green 1938 2018 Demolished May 2018.
Birmingham Arconic Aluminium Chimney 3 Chimney 50 165 Kitts Green 1938 2018 Demolished May 2018.
Birmingham Eden Tower Residential 50 165 18 Edgbaston 1964 2014 Demolished March 2014.
Birmingham No. 13 Gasholder, Windsor Street Gas Holder 50 165 Nechells 1885 2022
Birmingham No. 14 Gasholder, Windsor Street Gas Holder 50 165 Nechells 1885 2022
Coventry 7 Courtaulds Chimney 50 164 Little Heath 1924 2010 Demolished in March 2010.
South Staffordshire 2 SI Group UK Chimney 50 164 Four Ashes c.1960 2013 Demolished in February 2013.

Timeline of the tallest

This is a list of the tallest surviving buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area constructed during each of the UK's major architectural periods, listed in chronological order. Buildings are only included where their existing highest point was built during the period and in the architectural style stated.

     Was the tallest building or structure in the city or district authority upon completion.      Currently the tallest building or structure in the city or district authority.

Period (AD) Architectural style Authority Name Function Image Height Year
completed
Notes Ref.
(m) (ft)
410 – 1066 Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon c. 410 – c. 1066 Wolverhampton St Peter's High Cross Monument Wolverhampton Saxon Pillar St Peter's Gardens (Cropped).jpg ~4 ~13 c. 996 Although the West Midlands lies at the heart of the ancient Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia, there is little architecture evidence from this period to be found in the region. An exception is St Peter's High Cross, also known as the Wolverhampton Pillar, the shaft of a highly decorated Anglian High cross which still stands in its original location in the churchyard of St Peter's Collegiate Church. It is a scheduled ancient monument.
1066 – 1485 Medieval Norman
(English Romanesque)
c. 1066 – c. 1189 Warwick St Mary's Church, Stoneleigh Place of worship Church of the Virgin Mary in Stoneleigh 6g06.JPG ~15 ~49 c. 1180 Located in the small village of Stoneleigh-in-Arden in Warwickshire, 4.5 miles (7.25 km) south of Coventry, Grade I listed Church of St Mary is one of several surviving Norman churches in the region. Built in the late 1100s, it is ambitious for its date, with its red sandstone ashlar chancel, nave and west tower. Nearby St. Mary's Church in Cubbington is of a similar age and size.
Fortified c. 1066 – c. 1485 Warwick Warwick Castle Castle Warwick Castle - Caesar's Tower 2016.jpg 44 144 c. 1360 Warwick Castle was established by William the Conqueror in 1068. Originally a motte-and-bailey castle, it was replaced by a stone keep during the reign of King Henry II (1154–1189) and later fortified by Thomas Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick (1330–1360) with a gatehouse, barbican, and two main towers. Ceaser's Tower is the taller of the two towers, although Guy's Tower appears more prominent on the skyline due to its elevated setting. At a height of 44 metres (144 feet), it makes Warwick Castle the tallest medieval castle in the United Kingdom.
Early English Gothic c. 1189 – c. 1307 Birmingham St Laurence's Church Place of worship Church of St Laurence, Northfield - church yard.jpg ~14 ~46 c. 1230 Grade I listed Church of St Laurence in Northfield dates from the 12th century and contains some of the finest Early English work in the West Midlands.
Decorated Gothic c. 1307 – c. 1377 Wolverhampton St Peter's Church Place of worship St. Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton - geograph.org.uk - 555358.jpg 37 120 c.1350 St Peter's Church is built of red sandstone on an elevated site in the centre of the city. The oldest part of the building above ground is the crossing under the tower, which probably dates from around 1200. Much of the Church was rebuilt and extended in the 14th century, in a Decorated style, with the upper part of the tower being rebuilt from about 1475 to a height of 37 metres (120 feet). It remained the tallest building in Wolverhampton until the completion of St John's Church in 1776.
Perpendicular Gothic c. 1377 – c. 1547 Coventry The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael Ruin Coventry Cathedrals.jpg 88 289 c1425 The Old Cathedral Church of St Michael's was a 14th-century Gothic church designed in the perpendicular style. It was one of the largest parish churches in England when, in 1918, it was elevated to cathedral status on the creation of the Diocese of Coventry. This cathedral now stands ruined, having been bombed during World War II, but the spire remains the tallest in Coventry and the third tallest in England.
Vernacular c. 1450 – c. 1630 Sandwell Oak House, West Bromwich House and museum Oak House rear (3215480435).jpg ~13 ~42 c. 1620 Many of the finest examples of late medieval half-timbering in the region can be found in and around Solihull and Warwick. However, the unusual prospect tower atop Grade II* listed Oak House in West Bromwich elevates the height of this former yeoman's house above its better-known peers. Restored in 1898, the house is now run as a museum.
1485–1603 Tudor Early Tudor (transitional) c. 1485 – c. 1560 Stratford-upon-Avon Coughton Court Country house Coughton Court east view.jpg ~20 ~66 1536 Coughton Court is an English Tudor country house situated on the main road between Studley and Alcester in Warwickshire, built between 1509–1536. It is a Grade I listed building. The house has a long crenellated façade directly facing the main road, at the centre of which is the Tudor Gatehouse, dating from after 1536; this has hexagonal turrets and oriel windows in the English Renaissance style. The Gatehouse is the oldest part of the house and is flanked by later wings.
Fortified (Tudor) c. 1485 – c. 1603 Warwick Leicester's Gatehouse Castle Kenilworth Castle4 (Cropped).jpg 18 59 1571 Leicester's Gatehouse is one of the few parts of Kenilworth castle to remain completely intact. It was built by Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester to provide a fashionable entrance to the castle from the direction of Coventry. The external design, with its three-storey stone tower and four octagonal corner turrets, echoes the medieval fortified style popular a century or more before, while the interior is designed in the Elizabethan fashion of the time.
Elizabethan c. 1547 – c. 1603 Stratford-upon-Avon Charlecote Park Country house Charlecote Park - kitchen and servant's hall.jpg ~16 ~52 1558 Charlecote Park is located on the banks of the River Avon in the village of Charlecote, on the border between Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick districts. It was built in 1558 by Sir Thomas Lucy, and although the house was modified by successive generations of the Lucy family, the outline of the original Elizabethan house remains. It is a fine example of an Elizabethan prodigy house and a Grade I listed building.
1603 – 1714 Stuart Jacobean c. 1603 – c. 1630 Birmingham Aston Hall Prodigy House / Museum Aston Hall.jpg ~23 ~75 1635 Designed by John Thorpe and built between 1618 and 1635 for Sir Thomas Holte, Grade I listed Aston Hall is one of the last great Jacobean prodigy houses and the largest of its type in the region. Located two miles to the north of Birmingham city centre in Aston Park, it is now a community museum and visitor attraction managed by the Birmingham Museums Trust.
Post-medieval Gothic (incl. Gothic Survival; Gothic-Renaissance) c.1600 – c.1820 Warwick Collegiate Church of St Mary Place of worship Church of St Mary, Warwick, crop.jpg 53 174 1704 Although classically inspired architecture began to supplant Gothic in the 17th century, some regional architects continued to work in Gothic styles, employing traditional gothic designs or fusing gothic features with the classical zeitgeist. The Collegiate Church of St Mary is an outstanding example of the latter, rebuilt in 1704 in a Gothic-Renaissance style following the Great Fire of Warwick in 1693. The building was designed by William Wilson and may have been supervised by Sir Christopher Wren. Its unique 53-metre tower is gothic in appearance but incorporates classical detailing.
Early English Classical (incl. Cromwellian) c.1625 – c.1660 Redditch Norgrove Court Country House Front elevation of Norgrove Court - geograph.org.uk - 824851.jpg ~15 ~49 1649 Norgrove Court is one of a number of classically influenced houses built across the region prior to the Restoration period of 1660. It features sandstone ashlar dressings, a hipped roof with dormer windows, and rows of sash-window bays in a quasi-Mannerist style. The vast central chimney stack raises the overall height of the building above similar houses of the period, for example Blyth Hall in Warwickshire. It is the only Grade I-listed building in the district of Redditch.
Carolean
(Restoration)
c.1660 – c.1690 Stratford-upon-Avon Ragley Hall Country House Ragley Hall from the south-west 2006.jpg ~22 ~72 1683 Ragley Hall is located near Alcester, around 8km south of Redditch. It was designed for Edward Conway, 1st Earl of Conway by Roger or William Hurlbut circa 1677 and modified by the scientist and amateur architect Dr Robert Hooke in 1678. The mansion comprises a double-pile house with corner pavilions and a full-height portico supported on Ionic columns. It is a Grade I listed building and the ancestral seat of the Marquess of Hertford.
English Baroque c.1690 – c.1730 Birmingham Cathedral Church of St Philip Place of worship Cathedral Church of St Philip in Birmingham (Roger Kidd).jpg 40 131 1715 The Cathedral Church of Saint Philip is the Church of England cathedral and the seat of the Bishop of Birmingham, having been granted cathedral status in 1905. Built between 1711 and 1715, it was the city's tallest building for 52 years, until it was supplanted by the 58 metre (190 feet) spire of Parish Church of SS Peter and Paul in 1777. It is a Grade I listed building.
1714 – 1837 Georgian Neo-Palladian c.1715 – c.1760 Bromsgrove Hagley Hall Country House Hagley Hall (Philip Halling).jpg ~23 ~76 1760 The fashion for Neo-Palladian houses started in London around 1720 and spread to the provinces in the years that followed. Designed by Sanderson Miller for George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, Hagley Hall was built between 1754 and 1760, and has been described as the last of England's great Palladian houses. Notable Neo-Palladian features include the Venetian windows and the corner towers with pyramidal roofs, which have since been restored. It is a Grade I listed building.
Georgian Neoclassical c.1750 – c.1840 Wolverhampton Church of St John in the Square Place of worship Church of St John, Wolverhampton.jpg 50 164 1776 St. John's Church is a Grade II* listed Church of England parish church, built between 1758 and 1776 in the neoclassical style. It is the second oldest church in Wolverhampton City Centre and the first to be built within its own square. It is believed Roger Eykyn, who was the building contractor, used the design as a model for St. Paul's Church in Birmingham, which was built between 1777 and 1779. However, the lofty spire of St. John's is marginally the taller of the two.
Early Gothic Revival (incl. 'Strawberry Hill' Gothic; Gothick) c.1750 – c.1810 Nuneaton and Bedworth Arbury Hall Country House Arbury Hall 01.jpg ~12 ~39 1803 Arbury Hall was originally a three-storey Elizabethan house built on the site of the 12th-century Augustinian Priory of Arbury. In 1750, then owner Sir Roger Newdigate began major alterations to the property in the 18th-century Gothic Revival style, which continued until his death in 1806. The refronted mansion incorporates crenellated parapets with pinnacle finials, traceried windows and other gothic ornaments typical of the 'Strawberry Hill Gothic' style. It is a Grade I listed building.
Regency (Classical Revival) c.1810 – c.1840 Warwick Parade, Royal Leamington Spa Residential The Parade, Leamington 1.JPG ~20 ~66 1810–1840 The mineral spring bathhouses of Royal Leamington Spa became fashionable during the Regency era and this is reflected in the classical architecture of the town. Many of its grandest stucco-fronted Regency buildings are located on the main thoroughfare, Parade, although similarly proportioned residential terraces can be found around the town, including Grade II* listed Royal Terrace (formerly Newbold Terrace) and Lansdowne Circus.
Greek Neoclassical c.1810 – c.1880 Birmingham St Thomas' Church Ruin St Thomas' Church Birmingham (Cropped).jpg ~40 ~131 1829 St Thomas' was a Commissioners' church constructed between 1826 and 1829. At the time it was the largest church in Birmingham. Although architect Thomas Rickman was noted for his contribution to Gothic revivalism, St Thomas' neoclassical design took its cues from Greek revivalism, typical of the Regency period. In 1940, the building was largely destroyed during the Birmingham Blitz. The remaining portico and tower, rising to 40 metres, have been preserved and form part of St. Thomas' Peace Garden.
Regency (Medieval Revival) c.1810 – c.1840 Birmingham St Mary's College, Oscott Education Oscott.jpg ~26 ~85 1838 Grade II* listed St Mary's College is the Roman Catholic seminary of the Archdiocese of Birmingham. It was designed by Joseph Potter of Lichfield and built between 1835 and 1838. The tudor building envisaged by Potter was supplemented by the decorative input of Augustus Pugin, forming a unique combination of medieval and Gothic Revival architecture in red brick and stone. This fusion of styles marks a step change from the early Gothic Revival of the Georgian era to the High Victorian Gothic of the mid-to-late 19th century.
1837 – 1901 Victorian Romanesque Revival c.1840 – c.1925 Nuneaton and Bedworth Bedworth Water Tower Water Tower Bedworth Water Tower (Cropped).jpg 45 148 1898 This Grade II listed former water tower was built in 1898 provide the people of Bedworth with clean drinking water. Designed in a simplified Romanesque style, its six high-storey bond brick tower and steep pagoda-style roof make it the tallest free-standing structure in the Nuneaton and Bedworth district. In 2015 the tower was sold to be converted into luxury apartments, but development is yet to begin.
Victorian Gothic Revival (incl. Early English; Decorated; Perpendicular) c.1840 – c.1900 Birmingham St Martin in the Bull Ring Place of worship St Martins in the Bullring.jpg 61 200 1855 St Martin in the Bull Ring is the original parish church of Birmingham and stands between the Bull Ring Shopping Centre and the markets. The present Victorian Gothic church was rebuilt by architect J. A. Chatwin on the site of a 13th-century predecessor, although the eighteenth-century tower and spire were preserved. St Martin's supplanted the Church of SS Peter & Paul in Aston as the tallest building in Birmingham, which it remained for 53 years.
Renaissance Revival (incl. Italianate; Neo-Baroque) c.1850 – c.1890 Birmingham Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Civic building Big Brum (Cropped).jpg 45 148 1885 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery was built to extend the Council House, which had been completed in 1879. Designed by Yeoville Thomason, the building follows the Neo-Baroque design of the Council House, with entry through a two-storeyed portico with sculptured pediment. Directly to the left of the entrance is the 45-metre clock tower with tiled roof known locally as 'Big Brum'.
High Victorian Gothic (Ruskinian Gothic) (incl. French and Italian styles) c.1850 – c.1880 Wolverhampton St Luke's Church Place of worship St Luke's C of E (Evangelical) Church, Blakenhall, Wolverhampton - geograph.org.uk - 521845.jpg 52 170 1861 St Luke's Church is a Grade II* listed parish church designed in the Ruskinian style by G. T. Robinson of Leamington Spa, and consecrated by the Bishop of Lichfield on 18 July 1861. At 52 metres, its polychrome spire with Gothic detailing is the tallest structure of its type in the region, surpassing those exemplified by Martin & Chamberlain's Birmingham Board Schools such as Oozells Street and Icknield Street.
Eclectic c.1860 – c.1910 Birmingham Methodist Central Hall Hall Looking down Corporation St at the courts.jpg 56 131 1904 Methodist Central Hall is a Grade II* listed red brick and terracotta building located at the northern end of Corporation Street. It was built between 1903 and 1904 to complement the Victoria Law Courts on the opposite side of the street, but unlike the Victorian-gothic courts is built in an eclectic style with baroque detailing, swinging voussoirs, paired ionic columns, domed corner turrets and a 56-metre tower rising to a square belfry. The main hall was designed to seat 2,000 people but the building has remained empty since 2015.
British Arts and Crafts movement (incl. British Queen Anne Revival) c.1870 – c.1940 Birmingham St Agatha's Church Place of worship St Agatha's Church 2.jpg 37 120 1901 Designed by the noted Birmingham architect, William Bidlake, St Agatha's church is an expression of the Arts & Crafts approach to Gothic architecture at the end of the 19th century, combining red and blue brick with decorative stone features. It is a Grade I listed building.
Tudor Revival (incl. Old English; Mock Tudor; Tudorbethan) c.1890 – c.1920 Coventry Old Council House Government The Council House, Coventry (Cropped).jpg ~32 ~105 1917 The Grade II-listed Coventry Council House was designed in the Elizabethan style by Edward Garrett and Henry Walter Simister. The building is faced in stone and decorated with turrets and crenellations, oriel and bay windows, and a corner clock tower rising to a height of around 32 metres, making it the tallest example of Tudor Revival architecture in the region.
1901 – 1910 Edwardian Edwardian Classicism (incl. Edwardian Baroque) c.1901 – c.1914 Birmingham Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower Education The University of Birmingham Clocktower - geograph.org.uk - 444013.jpg 100 131 1908 Forming the centrepiece of Chancellor's Court on the University of Birmingham's main campus, "Old Joe" was designed by architects Aston Webb and Ingress Bell and constructed between 1900 and 1908, helping to popularise the term "Red Brick" university. The 100-metre campanile was modelled on the Torre del Mangia in Siena and remained the tallest building in Birmingham until 1965.
1910 – 2000 Modern Industrial c.1910 – c.1950 South Staffordshire Baggeridge Brick Chimney Chimney Baggeridge Country Park near Sedgley - geograph.org.uk - 2682986 (Cropped).jpg 65 213 c.1937 In 1937, Baggeridge Brickworks was built next to the Earl of Dudley's coal pits at Gospel End, Sedgely, and continued to manufacture bricks until its takeover by Wienerberger AG in 2007. The site has since been transformed into a craft village and residential development adjacent to Baggeridge Country Park, and the 65-metre (213 feet) chimney remains one of the few visual reminders of the area's industrial past. It is the tallest structure of its type in the region.
Art Deco c.1920 – c.1940 Birmingham Heritage Building (Queen Elizabeth Hospital) Education Birmingham Medical School Building (Cropped).jpg ~54 ~177 1938 The main building, including the clock tower, was constructed between 1933 and 1938 as a wing of the old Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The new 600-bed Hospital Centre building was designed by architectural firm Lanchester and Lodge. Completed in 1938, the medical school building and hospital opened simultaneously.
Functionalist c.1930 – c.1980 Birmingham BT Tower Communications Tower BT Tower Birmingham 2011.jpg 152 499 1965 BT Tower is currently the tallest structure in Birmingham city centre. Construction of the tower commenced in July 1963 and was completed in September 1965. At one time the Post Office wanted to increase the height from 500 feet (150 m), which had been agreed by the Ministry of Aviation, to 600 feet (180 m), but this was refused to avoid non-standard procedures for aircraft on the approach to Birmingham Airport.
International Style c.1930 – c.1980 Birmingham McLaren Building Office McLaren Building, Bham.jpg 69 226 1972 The 21-storey McLaren Building characterises the rectangular footprint, box-shaped form and grid-like glass and steel facade of the post-war, international-style commercial high rise. Designed by Paul Bonham Associates and built in 1972 for HSBC, the thin, brown-tinted slab is currently the 21st tallest occupied building in Birmingham.
Brutalist c.1950 – c.1980 Birmingham Centre City Tower Office Centre City Tower Birmingham.jpg 76 249 1975 The tallest of several remaining Brutalist office buildings in the centre of Birmingham, Centre City was designed by Richard Seifert & Partners. The complex consists of two buildings, the Tower and the Podium. The Podium is a low-rise building that surrounds the Tower base, but (with the exception of fire escapes) there is no direct connection between the two. This arrangement means that the first floor of the Tower is at approximately seventh-floor level when compared with other buildings.
Late Modernist c.1950 – c.1980 Birmingham Alpha Tower Office Inside the Library of Birmingham - Level LG - Alpha Tower (9875303764).jpg 100 328 1973 Alpha Tower is a Grade II listed office skyscraper designed by the Birmingham-born architect George Marsh of Richard Seifert & Partners and was the former headquarters of ATV (Associated Television). Marsh's architectural influences are said to have included Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer and the American architectural practice Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, marking a departure from the Brutalist movement of the time. Prior to the completion of 103 Colmore Row in 2021, Alpha Tower was the tallest commercial building in the city and one of only three commercial buildings outside of London to reach a height of 100 metres.
Structural Expressionist
(High-tech)
c. 1960 – present Birmingham International Convention Centre (ICC) Conference facility The ICC - interior (3673391098).jpg ~25 ~82 1991 The International Convention Centre (ICC) is a major conference venue owned and operated by the NEC Group. Designed by Percy Thomas Partnership, the main entrance is marked by blue-tinted windows and exposed stanchions, while inside the building, connecting bridges and walkways criss-cross the atrium. The centre incorporates Symphony Hall, which has since been redesigned with a dedicated front entrance.
1970 – present Postmodern International Postmodern c. 1970 – c. 2000 Birmingham Colmore Gate Office Colmore Gate Birmingham.jpg 70 230 1992 One of the few tall buildings to be constructed in Birmingham during the 1980s and 1990s, Colmore Gate draws on Art Deco features within its postmodern aesthetic. Its glazed appearance bears a notable resemblance to Philip Johnson's PPG Place in Pittsburg.
New Classical (Neotraditional; Neohistoric) c.1970 – Present Birmingham Three Brindleyplace Mixed-use Central Square Brindleyplace.jpg 55 180 1998 Brindleyplace is a large mixed-use canalside development in the Westside district of Birmingham. A variety of architects were commissioned to design buildings in a range of architectural styles. Situated between the canal and Central Square, Three Brindleyplace was designed by Demetri Porphyrios, an exponent of New Classical Architecture, and this is reflected in the Venetian Palazzo-style facade of the building. Its 55-metre (180 feet) clock tower makes it the second tallest building in the complex.
Deconstructive c.1980 – Present Birmingham The Cube Mixed-use The Cube 04.jpg 71 231 2010 The Cube is a 25-storey mixed-use development in the centre of Birmingham, designed by Ken Shuttleworth of Make Architects. In an ironic postmodern twist, the outer cladding – a kaleidoscope of glazed and gold colour anodised aluminium panels – obscures the fact that the building is not, in fact, cuboid, but a deconstructed crown sitting atop a glazed atrium.
2000 – Present Contemporary Sustainable c.2000 – Present Coventry Lanchester Library Education Lanchester Library, Coventry University.jpg ~30 ~98 2000 Opened in September 2000 on the Coventry University campus, the Frederick Lanchester Library is the largest deep-plan stack-ventilated building in Europe. The library, conceptualised by Short & Associates, is designed to maximise the use of natural daylight and features sustainable power and network infrastructures. The building's 30-metre elevated air-conditioned vents are fundamental to its energy saving design.
Biomorphic c.2000 – Present Birmingham Selfridges Building Retail Blob Birmingham.jpg ~35 ~115 2003 Designed by British-based Czech architect Jan Kaplický of (Future Systems), the iconic building is the part of the Bullring Shopping Centre that houses the Selfridges Department Store. It is one of the world's leading examples of "Blobitecture", a neofuturist architectural movement based on amoeba-shaped forms. Its biomorphic façade comprises 15,000 anodised aluminium discs mounted on a blue background.
Modular c.2000 – Present Wolverhampton Victoria Hall Student accommodation Victoria Hall Wolverhampton (Roger Kidd).jpg 76 249 2009 Victoria Hall is a modular complex comprising four blocks of student accommodation, the tallest of which is 25 stories. When the building was completed in 2009, it held the world record for overall height and number of stories in a residential building constructed principally off-site. It remains the tallest modular structure in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area and the tallest habitable building in Wolverhampton.
Neofuturist c.2000 – Present Birmingham Bournville College Education Bournville College 1 (16154970464).jpg 30 99 2011 Designed by global architecture and design practice Broadway Malyan, this landmark campus in Longbridge is set in 4.2 acres of grounds on the site of the former MG Rover automobile factory and is home to 15,000 students. The building is hinged around a linear central spine which houses classrooms, and is described as one of the most contemporary learning environments in Europe.
Neomodern c.2000 – Present Birmingham The Mercian Residential Broad Street Birmingham.jpg 132 433 2021 Designed by Glenn Howells Architects, The Mercian (right) is a 42-storey skyscraper located on Broad Street in the Westside district of Birmingham. It is the tallest habitable building, and second tallest built structure, in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area.

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