Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham
Hotel in Birmingham, England
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The Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham [1] is a hotel on Broad Street, Birmingham, England.
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General information | |
| Type | Hotel |
Architectural style | Brutalist |
| Location | Berkley Street/Broad Street, Birmingham, England |
| Coordinates | 52°28′35.99″N 1°54′41.45″W |
Construction started | 1974 |
Completed | 1975 |
| Height | |
| Height | 61 metres (200 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 18 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Ian Fraser |
The concrete clad and steel joist structure was originally an office building known as the Chamberlain Tower. Construction commenced in 1974 and was completed the following year, to a design by Ian Fraser of John Roberts & Partners.[2] It is one of the tallest buildings on Broad Street and forms a prominent part of the city skyline when viewed from the south. It is an example of Brutalist architecture in Birmingham; other examples being Birmingham Central Library and New Street Station Signal Box.[3]
The building was converted to a hotel in 1998, at a cost of £12.5m, and opened as the Chamberlain Tower Hotel on 1 February 1999.[4][5][6][7] The hotel has 445 rooms, making it one of the largest hotels in Birmingham.[8] On the ground floor is a pub and a restaurant. It was bought by the Jurys Inns hotel chain in 2001 for £42 million and renamed Jurys Inn Birmingham.[9] In April 2022, the Fattal Hotel Group announced that all Jurys Inn Hotels would be rebranded as Leonardo Hotels,[10] and after renovation and refurbishment the hotel was renamed Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham on 19 December 2022.[11][12]
