The oldest surviving railway terminus building in the world, designed by Philip Hardwick and opened in 1837 as the Birmingham terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway. The building is a Grade I listed structure — a grand neoclassical portico with six Ionic columns — that has been empty and increasingly derelict since the railway moved to New Street in 1854. It stands on the edge of Digbeth, east of the city centre.
The building is not currently open to the public, but can be seen from the street. It is destined to become part of the new HS2 high-speed rail terminus being built alongside it — a curious piece of architectural continuity, with the world's first intercity terminus standing next to the most significant new railway station to be built in Britain in decades.