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Malmaison Birmingham
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · Malmaison · Near Luxury
Malmaison sits inside the Mailbox, the old Royal Mail sorting office on Wharfside Street, finished in 1970 and then the largest mechanised sorting office in the country. A subway under Severn Street, authorised in 1966, let electric tractors haul mail sacks straight from New Street station. The steel frame stayed. Almost everything else came down, and the hotel opened in the new Mailbox in 2000, with the canal at the door and the Penny Black suite upstairs.
- Opened 2000
- Neighborhood: City Centre
- Architect: R. H. Ousman
About Malmaison Birmingham
- R. H. Ousman of the Ministry of Public Building and Works designed the 1970 office. It covered 20 acres of floor and replaced the Victorian head post office on Victoria Square.
- Beyoncé, Prince and Katy Perry have stayed, some of them in the Penny Black suite, which has a home cinema and a private spa room.
History
The site had been a railway goods yard with canal wharves off the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. The Royal Mail sorting office, designed by R. H. Ousman with Hubbard Ford and Partners, was completed in 1970 and was then the largest mechanised letters and parcels office in the country. A subway under Severn Street, authorised by the Post Office (Subway) Act 1966, linked it to New Street. Birmingham Development Company and Associated Architects kept the steel frame, cleared the rest, and opened the Mailbox in December 2000. Malmaison took its rooms in that conversion and opened the same year.
The setting
The Mailbox, 1 Wharfside Street, B1 1RD, beside the canal at Gas Street Basin. New Street is a short walk, which is why the old mail subway ran under Severn Street. The Jewellery Quarter and the Bullring are the city walks from the door.
Restaurants and bars
- Chez Mal Birmingham — Restaurant
Experiences
- Team activities — When it's time to regroup, we've got it sorted
Amenities
- Meeting rooms
- Flexible work spaces
- Conveniently prepared packages
- Pods: practical, perfectly formed and packed full of technology
- Menus for workers
- Team activities
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