Victoria Square House

Victoria Square House is an office building on the south side of Victoria Square, Birmingham, England. It was formerly Birmingham's Head Post Office, designed in the French Renaissance style by Henry Tanner, an architect for the Office of Works, who designed the building for the General Post Office (GPO). The building was constructed between 1889—1891 and operated as the city's head post office until 1972, when administrative and sorting office facilities were moved to a new, larger building on Severn Street (since rebuilt as The Mailbox). There were plans to demolish the building in 1973; however, after a seven-year campaign by The Victorian Society, it was saved. In 1989, the former sorting office was demolished and in 1991 an office development was opened with the former public counter building forming its entrance lobby. The building now provides 160,000 sq ft of Grade A office space over six floors with a floor plate of 27,000 sq ft.