Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham

The Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham [1] is a hotel on Broad Street, Birmingham, England.

Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham
Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham
General information
TypeHotel
Architectural styleBrutalist
LocationBerkley Street/Broad Street, Birmingham, England
Coordinates52°28′35.99″N 1°54′41.45″W
Construction started1974
Completed1975
Height61 metres (200 ft)
Technical details
Floor count18
Design and construction
Architect(s)Ian Fraser

The structure was originally an office building, the Chamberlain Tower. Built using concrete cladding and steel joists, it was part of the plan to redevelop Birmingham in the 1960s. 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, with other similar 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 the largest hotel in Birmingham city centre. 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.[8] In April 2022, the Fattal Hotel Group announced that all Jurys Inn Hotels would be rebranded as Leonardo Hotels.[9] The hotel was renamed Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham on 19 December 2022.[10]

See also

References
  1. Emporis entry
  2. Foster, Andy (2007) [2005]. Birmingham. Pevsner Architectural Guides. Yale University Press. pp. 153–4. ISBN 978-0-300-10731-9.
  3. Douglas Hickman (1970). Birmingham (City buildings series). Studio Vista. ISBN 0-289-79800-0.
  4. https://www.egi.co.uk/news/chamberlain-tower-hotel-opens-in-birmingham/
  5. Checking in for tower power; Lisa Piddington looks at plans for Birmingham's newest hotel, which is promising to be a tower of strength to the business community, Birmingham Post, December 2, 1998
  6. Birmingham's largest hotel, The Birmingham Post, February 2, 1999
  7. New life for old offices, Birmingham Evening Mail, November 18, 1998
  8. Top hotel snapped up for £42m, Birmingham Evening Mail, March 17, 2001
  9. "Last Supper for Jurys Inn – owners rebrand chain as Leonardo". The Irish Times.
  10. "Jurys Inn Rebranded to Leonardo Hotels | Come Join Us".
  • Bartlam, Norman; Carl Chinn (2002). Broad Street, Birmingham. Stroud, Sutton.
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