Post Office Tower
E665869
The Post Office Tower, now known as the BT Tower, is a prominent telecommunications tower and London landmark that was once the tallest building in the city.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
landmark
ⓘ
observation tower ⓘ telecommunications tower ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
BT Tower
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Telecom Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ GPO Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ London Telecom Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architect |
Eric Bedford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
G R Yeats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Modernist architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1964 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasAntennaSpire | yes ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
microwave aerials
ⓘ
revolving restaurant ⓘ |
| height |
177 metres
ⓘ
581 feet ⓘ |
| heritageListingDate | 2003 ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Grade II listed building ⓘ |
| latitude | 51.5215 N ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fitzrovia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| longitude | 0.1388 W ⓘ |
| managedBy | BT Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | General Post Office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 37 ⓘ |
| officialOpeningDate | 8 October 1965 ⓘ |
| openedBy | Harold Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1965 ⓘ |
| operator | BT Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | BT Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | UK telecommunications network ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | telecommunications ⓘ |
| publicAccessSuspended | after 1971 bombing ⓘ |
| publicObservationGalleryStatus | closed ⓘ |
| restaurantClosureDate | 1980 ⓘ |
| restaurantOpeningDate | 1966 ⓘ |
| restaurantOperator | Butlins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 60 Cleveland Street ⓘ |
| sufferedEvent | 1971 bombing ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | many parts of central London ⓘ |
| wasTallestBuildingFrom | 1964 ⓘ |
| wasTallestBuildingIn | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasTallestBuildingUntil | 1980 ⓘ |
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