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148-149 Great Charles Street, Birmingham
Terminating the view down Margaret Street is a nine-storey tower originally built for Colonial Mutual Life Assurance (hence CML at the top) by Hennessy, Hennessy & Co. in 1939.
Now Charles House.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 21 Jun 2015
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Great Charles Street Queensway in Birmingham
This is the A4400, looking north-east towards St Chad's, from near Congreve Passage.
Image: © Roger Kidd
Taken: 31 Oct 2021
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Great Charles Street
Looking towards lights at Newhall Street.
Image: © Carl Baker
Taken: 14 Apr 2006
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Great Charles Street Queensway and the Chest Clinic
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 5 Dec 2012
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Great Charles Street Queensway in Birmingham
This is the A4400, looking north-east towards St Chad's, from near the Margaret Street junction.
Image: © Roger Kidd
Taken: 31 Oct 2021
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154-155 Great Charles Street, Birmingham
Offices by Surman, Kelly & Surman, 1958-60.
Among other things it is a centre for the driving theory test.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 21 Jun 2015
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Great Charles Street Queensway buildings
Charles House, between Newhall Street and Margaret Street - CML stands for Colonial Mutual Life Assurance and the nine-storey building dates from 1939, the architects being Hennessy, Hennessy & Co. of Sydney.
Image: © Michael Westley
Taken: 31 Dec 2010
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Lionel Street, Holiday Inn and the BT Tower
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 5 Dec 2012
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Lionel Street and the Post Office Tower, Birmingham
This view across Birmingham is seen by looking north-east from "The Secret Garden" on Level 7 of the new library. Lionel Street leads straight towards the Post Office Tower.
The BT Tower (formerly known as the Post Office Tower and, before that, the GPO Tower) is the tallest structure in the city at 152 metres.
Construction started in July 1963 and was completed in September 1965. The tower became operational in December 1966. It has 26 storeys, housing technical areas and offices, and five levels of circular aerial galleries at the top.
This telephoto assisted image towards the tower is from a distance of about five hundred metres.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 7 Dec 2017
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Great Charles Street Queensway in Birmingham
This is the A4400, looking north-east towards St Chad's, from near the Margaret Street junction.
Image: © Roger Kidd
Taken: 31 Oct 2021
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