List of tallest buildings in Yorkshire

Yorkshire has a range of tall buildings primarily located in its largest city, Leeds, which hosts the current tallest building, Altus House. Two further buildings over 100m are current under construction in Leeds. A smaller number of tall buildings are located in Sheffield, while Yorkshire's other main settlements are largely characterised by low-rise skylines such as York, which is dominated by one tall building, the Minster.

High-rise residential blocks are common in many towns and cities in Yorkshire, with many councils, particularly Leeds, Middlesbrough, Bradford and Hull enthusiastically embracing high-rise living in the 1960s and '70s. Sheffield has fewer high-rise residential blocks, with the council there looking more towards the more modern 'wall like' developments, though some newer high rise buildings are under construction.

Tallest Buildings

This list ranks externally complete buildings in Yorkshire that are at least 67 meters (220 ft). This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equals sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings.

Rank Name Height m (ft) Floors Year City Image Notes
1 Altus House[1] 114 (374) 38 2021 Leeds
2 Bridgewater Place[2] 110 (360) 32 2007 Leeds Tallest building in Leeds and Yorkshire from 2007 to 2021
3 Sky Plaza[3] 103 (338) 36 2009 Leeds Was the tallest student accommodation in the world upon completion [4]
4 St Paul's Tower 101 (331) 32 2010 Sheffield Tallest building in Sheffield
5 Jackson House / 44 Merrion Street 100 (328) 33 2024 Leeds
6 Opal 3 82 (269) 26 2008 Leeds
7 Pinnacle 80 (262) 20 1973 Leeds
8 White Rose View Tower 1 79 (260) 28 2020 Leeds
9 Arts Tower 78 (256) 20 1965 Sheffield
10 Park Plaza Hotel 77 (252) 20 1965 Leeds
11 Arena Point 77 (252) 20 1967 Leeds
12 Royal Hallamshire Hospital 76 (249) 17 1974 Sheffield
13 Wakefield Cathedral 75 (247) N/A 1420 Wakefield Tallest church in Yorkshire[5]
14= Threadworks, Lisbon Street 75 (246) 24 2025 Leeds
14= Candle House 75 (246) 23 2009 Leeds
16 K2 74 (242) 20 1972 Leeds
17= Cottingley Towers 72 (236) 25 1972 Leeds
17= Halifax, All Souls 72 (236)[6] N/A 1859 Halifax
19 York Minster 72 (235) 1 1465 York

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20 Centre North East 71 (232) 19 1974 Middlesbrough Tallest building in Middlesbrough[7]
21= Central Village Tower 70 (230) 22 2014 Leeds
21= Symons House 70 (230) 22 2020 Leeds
22 The Junction 70 (229) 23 2023 Leeds
23= Broadcasting Tower 69 (226) 23 2009 Leeds
23= Trinity Church, Ossett 69 (226)[8] N/A 1865 Ossett
24 Leeds Town Hall 68.6 (225)[9] 1858 Leeds


Tallest under construction

Rank Name Height (m) Height (ft) Floors City Notes
1 Cirrus Point, Leeds 134 440 45 Leeds Superstructure construction underway
2 Sky Gardens 105 345 34 Leeds Core construction underway
3 Code Sheffield 99 318 32 Sheffield Foundations underway
4 Latitude Blue 1 98 321 32 Leeds Superstructure nearing completion
5 Triangle Yard 94 308 31 Leeds Superstructure construction underway
6 Calico Sheffield 85 279 27 Sheffield Core completed
7 Latitude Blue 2 82 269 27 Leeds Superstructure nearing completion
8 Lisbon Street 75 246 24 Leeds Superstructure nearing completion
9 Phoenix 68 223 22 Leeds Superstructure nearing completion
10 Saxton House 62 197 20 Leeds Superstructure nearing completion

See also

References

  1. ^ Burn, Chris (15 February 2023). "Scheme submitted to build the tallest skyscraper in the county". The Yorkshire Post. p. 22. ISSN 0963-1496.
  2. ^ Wright, Greg (25 March 2013). "tallest building now fully let as law firm DWF moves in staff". The Yorkshire Post. p. 15. ISSN 0963-1496.
  3. ^ "Sky Plaza, Leeds". The Skyscraper Center.
  4. ^ "Worlds Tallest Student Block Completes in Leeds". Skyscraper News. 26 June 2009. Archived from the original on 4 February 2010.
  5. ^ "The Architecture". Wakefield Cathedral.
  6. ^ "All Souls' Church, Halifax | 209720". Emporis. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021.
  7. ^ Price, Kelley (11 November 2021). "Middlesbrough's tallest building could be given a huge facelift". TeessideLive.
  8. ^ "Ossett Pictures - Holy Trinity Church". www.ossett.net.
  9. ^ "New images give a glimpse into the future of Leeds Town Hall". Leeds City Council News.
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