St Paul's Tower facts for kids
Quick facts for kids St Paul's Tower |
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St Paul's Tower when completed in April 2012
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| Record height | |
| Tallest in Sheffield from 2010 to present | |
| Preceded by | Arts Tower |
| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Residential (retail in ground floors) |
| Location | St Pauls Place, Heart of the City, Sheffield, South Yorkshire |
| Coordinates | 53°22′44″N 1°28′06″W / 53.378947°N 1.468277°W |
| Construction started | May 2006 |
| Completed | 2010 |
| Opening | August 2010 |
| Cost | £40 million |
| Height | |
| Roof | 101 m (331 ft) |
| Top floor | 101 m (331 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 32 and 12 (two separate blocks) |
| Lifts/elevators | 2 and 2 (two separate blocks) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Conran & Partners |
| Developer | City Lofts Group |
St Paul's Tower (also called the City Lofts Tower or the Conran Tower) and St Paul's View is an upscale residential development completed in April 2011 in the city centre of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
The scheme consists of a 32-storey tower called St Paul's Tower, which is primarily faced with glass, along with a 9-storey block called St Paul's View, which is primarily faced with glass, sandstone and bronze. They are linked at the bottom by one floor of retail space and a roof terrace atop the retail building.
It fronts onto two new squares, Millennium Square and St Paul's Place, part of a new bar and restaurant district. The towers and associated squares form part of the St Paul's Place development, which also includes three other office blocks, a multi-storey car park and a casino, and faces onto Hallam Square, less than 100 metres (330 ft) from Sheffield railway station. They represent just one element of the wider regeneration of the area around Sheffield Town Hall, known as the Heart of the City Project.
The tower became the tallest building in Sheffield when completed in August 2010, at 101 metres (331 ft), overtaking the Arts Tower by 23 metres (75 ft), although the base of the Arts Tower is approximately 45 metres (148 ft) higher above sea level than the base of St Paul's tower, meaning the roof of the Arts Tower is still higher by around 22 metres (72 ft) than the roof of St Paul's tower. The tower and its smaller neighbour provide private apartments for city centre living, with retail on the ground-floor of the tower, facing Arundel Gate, and restaurants on the upper-ground floor of St Paul's View, facing St Paul's Place.
