Birmingham City Council House in Birmingham. England is the home of Birmingham City Council. It provides office accommodation for both employed
council officers, including the Chief
Executive and elected council
members plus the council chamber, Lord
Mayor’s Suite, committee rooms and a large and ornate banqueting suite,
complete with minstrels gallery. The
first-floor's exterior balcony is
used by visiting dignitaries and victorious sports teams, to address crowds
assembled below.
It is located in Victoria Square in the city centre and
is a Grade II* listed building (Birmingham
Town Hall is a separate building, built and used as a concert venue, and is of
greater architectural significance,
being listed Grade I.) The Council House has its own postcode, B1 1BB.
The side of the
building, which faces Chamberlain
Square, is the entrance and façade of the Museum
and Art Gallery, which is partly housed within the same building.
The open space which
is now Victoria Square (containing
a water feature and steps) was once occupied by Christ Church (built 1805–13,
demolished 1899 to be replaced by shops and offices – the Christ Church
Buildings, themselves demolished 1970).
I took this image from the front to show the whole building including the waterfall and statue, personally i could have done better by getting the top part into the image to show a clear picture.
