Lloyd House | |
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Alternative names | Birmingham Central police station |
General information | |
Type | Tower block |
Address | Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham, England B4 6NQ |
Town or city | Birmingham |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 52°29′02″N1°53′51″W / 52.4839°N 1.8975°W |
Construction started | 1960 |
Completed | 1964 |
Client | Stewarts & Lloyds |
Height | 48.7 metres (160 ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Kelly and Surman |
Lloyd House is the headquarters of the West Midlands Police, the territorial police force responsible for policing the West Midlands metropolitan county in the United Kingdom. The building also houses the office of the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner. [1] Since 2017, it has also been the location of Birmingham Central Police Station. [2]
The building sits on Snow Hill Queensway, at the junction with Colmore Circus Queensway and Weaman Street, in Birmingham city centre. [3]
Lloyd House was originally constructed between 1960 and 1964 in Birmingham, England, for the steel company Stewarts & Lloyds. [4] [5] The architects were Kelly and Surman. [6] The 13-storey building has roof height of 48.7 metres. [6] Its L-shaped floorplan is 70×30m on its largest sides. [6]
When West Midlands Police was established in 1974, this created the need for a large headquarters. It was agreed that the force would rent the building for this purpose. [5]
On 4 June 2020 Lloyd House was the target of Black Lives Matter protests following the murder of George Floyd in the United States. [7] [8] The protests were peaceful and there were no arrest or reports of disorder.
By 2014, Lloyd House was in need of refurbishment, both internally and externally. The work began on 8 September 2014 and lasted until late 2016. [9] [10] [11]
West Midlands Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.
Birmingham City Police was the police service responsible for general policing in the city of Birmingham from 1839 to 1974. The force was established by a special Act of Parliament in 1839, and was amalgamated as of 1 April 1974 with the West Midlands Constabulary and parts of other forces to form the West Midlands Police by the Local Government Act 1972.
Snowhill is a mixed-use development in the Colmore business district, known historically as Snow Hill, in Central Birmingham, England. The area, between Snow Hill Queensway and Birmingham Snow Hill station, is being redeveloped by the Ballymore Group. The £500 million phased scheme has been partly completed on the site of a former surface car park adjacent to the railway station and West Midlands Metro terminus.
Robert Moelwyn Jones, CBE was a British Labour politician who served as a member of Wolverhampton City Council from 1980 to 2013 and as the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner in England from 2012-14.
The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner of the West Midlands Police.
Steelhouse Lane police station is a former police station in central Birmingham, England. It was built for the Birmingham City Police and opened in 1933 as their Central Police Station, replacing a Victorian station on the same site. It was used by their successor, the West Midlands Police, until 2017 where they transferred to Lloyd House, also the force's HQ. The carvings over the entrances, including the coat of arms of Birmingham, are by the local sculptor William Bloye.
The 2014 West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner by-election was a by-election for the position of Police and Crime Commissioner in the West Midlands Police region of the United Kingdom, held on 21 August 2014. It was triggered by the death of Bob Jones, the inaugural West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, who died on 1 July 2014.
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