Metropolitan House, also known as 1 Hagley Road, is a commercial building that has been developed into apartments in
Birmingham
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,
England
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. It is situated on the
A456 Hagley Road at
Five Ways. It was designed by
John Madin
John Hardcastle Dalton Madin (23 March 1924 – 8 January 2012) was an English architect. His company, known as John H D Madin & Partners from 1962 and the John Madin Design Group from 1968, was active in Birmingham, England, Birmingham fo ...
.
Radio transmitters
The building hosts several radio transmitting antennas on its roof. These include:
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Capital Birmingham - 102.2
MHz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), often described as being equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second. The hertz is an SI derived unit whose formal expression in terms of SI base u ...
FM
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CE Digital (
DAB digital radio) - Block 11C: 220.35 MHz
* South Birmingham (small-scale DAB digital radio) - Block 9C: 206.35 MHz
*An
EE mobile telecommunications
Base Transceiver Station
A base transceiver station (BTS) or a baseband unit (BBU) is a piece of equipment that facilitates wireless communication between user equipment (UE) and a network. UEs are devices like mobile phone
A mobile phone or cell phone is a portab ...
and
Base Station Controller
Renovation
In 2012, under owners Global Henderson, a planning application to convert the building into 182 flats and add 4 penthouse floors was accepted.
Seven Capital acquired 1 Hagley Road in August 2013 and optimised the planning consent to 271 flats with no alterations to the exterior of the building. One, two and three bedroom apartments were marketed at between
£130,000 and £250,000.
See also
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List of tallest buildings and structures in Birmingham
References
External links
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Skyscrapernews entryTransmission Gallery entry
Buildings and structures in Birmingham, West Midlands
John Madin
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