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This is a list of the tallest buildings in the United Kingdom by settlement.The article includes all cities and towns with a population over 100,000.This list is based on criteria set out by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat which excludes structures such as telecommunication towers and church spires from being labelled as a 'skyscraper or tall building'.
A row of typical British terraced houses in Manchester. Terraced houses have been popular in the United Kingdom, particularly England and Wales, since the 17th century. They were originally built as desirable properties, such as the townhouses for the nobility around Regent's Park in central London, and the Georgian architecture that defines the World Heritage Site of Bath.
Southern I-House style home. An I-house is a two or three-story house that is one room deep with a double-pen, hall-parlor, central-hall or saddlebag layout. [15] New England I-house: characterized by a central chimney [16] Pennsylvania I-house: characterized by internal gable-end chimneys at the interior of either side of the house [16]
The Shard is the tallest building in the UK.. As of January 2025, there are 177 habitable buildings (used for living and working in, as opposed to masts and religious use) in the United Kingdom at least 100 metres (330 ft) tall, [1] 132 of them in London, 25 in Greater Manchester, eight in Birmingham, four in Leeds, two each in Liverpool and Woking, and one each in Brighton and Hove ...
A single-storey house is often referred to, particularly in the United Kingdom, as a bungalow. The tallest skyscraper in the world, the Burj Khalifa, also has the greatest number of storeys with 163. [6] The height of each storey is based on the ceiling height of the rooms plus the thickness of the
Height Year Notes 1 Victoria Tower: City of Westminster, London 102 m (335 ft) 1858 [28] [29] Architectural height 102 m (335 ft), roof height 98.5 m (323 ft). 3 Manchester Town Hall: Manchester, Greater Manchester: 87.2 m (286 ft) 1877 [30] 4 Civil Justice Centre: Manchester, Greater Manchester 80 m (260 ft) 2007 [31] 5 Royal Courts of Justice
This list ranks all complete and topped out buildings and free-standing structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area that stand between 50 metres (164 ft) and 99 metres (325 ft) tall, based on standard height measurements. An equals sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings.
59.05 height to top of mast. 48.60m to top of building [14] 15 15 Millgate House Residential 57 187 21 1964 [15] 16 16 Stanhope House Student Accommodation 56 184 19 2020 [16] 17 17 Guildhall Civic 53.5 176 NA 1890 [17] 18 18= Barkis House Residential 52 171 18 1965 [18] 19 18= Nickleby House Residential 52 171 18 1965 [19] 20 20= Barnard Tower