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Albert Memorial Clock. The tallest building in Belfast is the Obel Tower at 86 metres (282 feet). It is the tallest building in Northern Ireland and the island of Ireland. The tallest structure in Belfast is the Black Mountain transmission station, servicing TV and Radio, at 228.6 m (750 ft 0 in).
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
The island of Ireland has relatively few tall buildings. The island's first tall building was Liberty Hall, built in 1965, which stands at 59.4 metres (195 ft). The current tallest habitable building on the island of Ireland is the Obel Tower in Belfast, Northern Ireland at 85 metres (279 ft).
Tallest freestanding structure in UK. Original 137 m (449 ft) tower built in 1956, replaced 1964. Second 385 m (1,263 ft) guyed tubular mast was built 1964 to replace the tower, but collapsed in 1969 due to icing and strong winds. Durris Mast: 322.6 m (1,058 ft) 1961: communication: Durris, Aberdeenshire: guyed steel lattice mast
Height (m) Height (ft) Year Built Notes 1 Poolbeg Generating Station, Chimney 2 Chimney 207.8 682 and 681 1978 and 1970 [31] [32] 2 Poolbeg Generating Station, Chimney 1 Chimney 207.48 681 1970 [31] [32] 3 Three Rock transmitter Guyed Mast 152.4 500 2002 [33] [34] [a] 4 Spire of Dublin: Monument 120 394 2002 [35] [36] 5 Donnybrook transmitter
An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. Heights are rounded to the nearest whole metre. The "Year" column refers to the year when the building reached its current height; generally this is the year of construction but for some the height was reached following alterations and additions to the ...
Obel Tower was developed by the Karl Group at a cost of £60 million. Its name derives from "obelisk" and "old Belfast".[6] [7]The tower contains 233 apartments. [8] The first 182 apartments released in March 2005, priced from £100,000 to £475,000, were reserved off plan within 48 hours.
All 524 of the England, Wales, and Ireland Hewitts; 117 of the 541 Lake District Birketts (of which 99 are Wainwrights), that meet the Simms criteria; All 224 of the 407 Irish Arderins with a height above 600.0 m; [a] All of the 120 P600 ("major") mountains in the British Isles; 33 of the 34 England, Wales and Ireland Furths. [g]