Town Hall is a Grade I listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1952. A Victorian Town hall. 15 related planning applications.

Town Hall

WRENN ID
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Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 April 1952
Type
Town hall
Period
Victorian
Address
Town Hall, Victoria Square B3, B3 3DQ
OS grid reference
SP 066 868
Coordinates
52.47954, -1.90366
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Town Hall, located in Victoria Square, is a Grade I listed building. It was designed by J A Hansom and E Welch, winning a competition in 1830, with construction starting in 1832 and later enlarged by Charles Edge. The building features Anglesey marble and is designed as a peripteral temple in the Corinthian order, consisting of 8 bays by 15. It is raised on a high rusticated podium with round-headed openings. The cellar walls include tall windows with eared surrounds, which stand on a moulded string course. The interior was altered between 1926 and 1927.

Local climate

Town Hall receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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