The City of Birmingham Council House is the home of Birmingham City Council in the centre of Birmingham England.
The council house was designed by Yeoville Thomason , and construction began on the building in 1874 when the first stone was laid by the then mayor Joseph Chamberlain. The building was completed in 1879 and cost a total of £163,000 to construct.
It is located in Victoria Square and is now a Grade II listed building. Birmingham Town Hall is a separate building and is of greater architectural importance, being listed Grade I, which, confusingly, is two grades higher than Grade II.
