Lloyd House is the headquarters and since 2017 Central station of the

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, the

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responsible for policing the

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metropolitan county in the

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. The building also houses the office of the

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. The building sits on Snow Hill Queensway, at the junction with Colmore Circus Queensway and Weaman Street, in

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History

Lloyd House was originally constructed between 1960 and 1964 in

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, England, for steel stockholder firm, Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd. The architects were Kelly and Surman. The 13-storey building has roof height of 48.7 metres. Its L-shaped floorplan is 70×30m on its largest sides. The creation of

in 1974 created the need for a large headquarters within Birmingham city center. It was agreed in 1974 that the force would rent the building out for usage as its headquarters On 4 June 2020 Lloyd House was the target of Black Lives Matter protests following the

murder of George Floyd On , George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was murdered in the U.S. city of Minneapolis by Derek Chauvin, a 44-year-old white police officer. Floyd had been arrested on suspicion of using a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin knelt on Floyd's n ...

in the

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. The protests were peaceful and there were no arrest or reports of disorder.

Refurbishment

In 2014 the need arose to refurbish Lloyd House both internally and externally. The work began on 8 September 2014 and lasted until late 2016.

References

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