LEICESTER | St. Georges Tower

duane · August 11th, 2008, 01:25 AM

St. Georges Tower
Height: 82m (approx.)
Floors: 20
Status: Complete

I was just wondering if anyone would rate this anything higher than 1. It is hideous and this is just after the redevelopement. A lovely royal blue paint work with bright multicoloured windows. This is how not to do it. Please rate how you really feel. The first picture is how it was expected to look:

image hosted on flickr

This is how it really looks:

Mr Brightside · August 11th, 2008, 02:48 AM

Its worse the Opel 3!didn`t think that was possible

Alfie · August 12th, 2008, 10:51 PM

I gave it 2 cos its a cheeky little b*stard and its unmissable in its bold statement of, er, blueness.

and I enjoy going past on the train from sheffield to london and thanking god we don't have anything like that in our little town.

Wendigo Wendigo · August 13th, 2008, 09:25 AM

I can safely say that is the most eye-catching building I've ever seen.

But not in a good way.

How did they ever get permission to do that? I just feel like giving the entire population of Leicester a big

of sympathy.

van heckler · August 13th, 2008, 11:07 AM

It has a nice name and a decent height, but when you think of what has been done to other post war office buildings such as the Rotunda, CIS and Quayside you realise how bad this refurb has been.

3/10

jaybob · August 13th, 2008, 12:53 PM

Cheers Wendigo. We need all the hugs we can get in Leicester. At leats it gives everybody a laugh on the way past on the train

NeilM · August 16th, 2008, 03:21 AM

That is a referb? It needs another one already. What the hell were they thinking?

Brummyboy92 · August 16th, 2008, 04:30 PM

They should not be able to do that, it was meant to be white with blue cladding, but no its blue, and its not even light blue.

Fucking hurendous

Telfordboy · August 17th, 2008, 01:18 PM

The last time I visited Leicester I thought it looked a bit grey to be honest. This is bright and colourful, I kinda like it and I'm going to give it a 6.

henry hill · July 18th, 2009, 02:59 PM

5/10

Immunda Leodis · July 18th, 2009, 09:58 PM

Horrific. If I could have given it 0 I would've done!

WOTZDA POINT · July 19th, 2009, 12:19 AM

St Georges Tower in it's heyday. It was a solid bulky brutalist tower planned in London by central government for the then GPO.

I love it . I just hope the developer or owner see's sense and steam cleans that blue muck off and returns it too grey or reclads it, as was originally intended.

AlexsAmazingIpad · June 15th, 2012, 06:56 PM

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

SkyScraperRaper · July 9th, 2012, 03:02 PM

Are the people that built this taking the piss? knock it the eff down now! embarassment to the UK.

***gothicform*** · July 10th, 2012, 11:04 PM

not the best of buildings but it's not too bad when the weather is perfect.

***gothicform*** · July 10th, 2012, 11:04 PM

not the best of buildings but it's not too bad when the weather is perfect.

DBadger · July 10th, 2012, 11:40 PM

I still maintain that the offices should be Leicester IKEA, with the large blue mass of the tower used for a large IKEA logo. It would break up the monotony.

WrightTurn · July 21st, 2012, 04:06 AM

Dear Leicester,

You are not Miami.

Yours truly,

Everywhere Else

Aaronj09 · July 22nd, 2012, 05:29 PM

It looks even worse in the sun - almost like lego. Yeah, similar to Leeds then.

5/10, don't actually mind it.

***gothicform*** · July 24th, 2012, 01:25 PM

it looks worse now. the main blue on the tower is just paint... what do you think happens to paint when exposed to the elements 80 metres up

this is probably one of the most mocked reclads out of all the reclads done over the last decade as it's barely a reclad.

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August 11th, 2008, 01:25 AM	#1
duane Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,412 Likes (Received): 5	LEICESTER \| St. Georges Tower St. Georges Tower Height: 82m (approx.) Floors: 20 Status: Complete I was just wondering if anyone would rate this anything higher than 1. It is hideous and this is just after the redevelopement. A lovely royal blue paint work with bright multicoloured windows. This is how not to do it. Please rate how you really feel. The first picture is how it was expected to look: image hosted on flickr This is how it really looks: Last edited by duane; August 11th, 2008 at 01:32 AM.

August 13th, 2008, 09:25 AM	#4
Wendigo Wendigo I'm in your woods Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Eating your picnic. Posts: 7,837 Likes (Received): 69	I can safely say that is the most eye-catching building I've ever seen. But not in a good way. How did they ever get permission to do that? I just feel like giving the entire population of Leicester a big of sympathy. __________________ What fool dares enter... ...The Hall of the Wendigo?

August 16th, 2008, 03:21 AM	#7
NeilM Mmm, Chocolate, woohoo Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Brummagem Posts: 3,015 Likes (Received): 1	That is a referb? It needs another one already. What the hell were they thinking? __________________ Updated my website www.njmurray.co.uk, please visit, feedback welcomed

August 17th, 2008, 01:18 PM	#9
Telfordboy Fus-Ro-Dah! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Yo' mama! Posts: 10,593 Likes (Received): 6	The last time I visited Leicester I thought it looked a bit grey to be honest. This is bright and colourful, I kinda like it and I'm going to give it a 6. __________________ You may be able to contact me at the Hall of the Wendigo should you really feel the need. http://hallofthewendigo.informe.com/forum/

August 11th, 2008, 02:48 AM	#2
Mr Brightside Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: London via Sheffield Posts: 4,138 Likes (Received): 20	Its worse the Opel 3!didn`t think that was possible

August 12th, 2008, 10:51 PM	#3
Alfie Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sheffield Posts: 694 Likes (Received): 0	I gave it 2 cos its a cheeky little b*stard and its unmissable in its bold statement of, er, blueness. and I enjoy going past on the train from sheffield to london and thanking god we don't have anything like that in our little town.

August 13th, 2008, 11:07 AM	#5
van heckler Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Wolverhampton/Birmingham Posts: 2,725 Likes (Received): 3	It has a nice name and a decent height, but when you think of what has been done to other post war office buildings such as the Rotunda, CIS and Quayside you realise how bad this refurb has been. 3/10

August 13th, 2008, 12:53 PM	#6
jaybob A Tale of Two Cities Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: The middle of nowhere Posts: 760 Likes (Received): 0	Cheers Wendigo. We need all the hugs we can get in Leicester. At leats it gives everybody a laugh on the way past on the train

August 16th, 2008, 04:30 PM	#8
Brummyboy92 Brummy and proud Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Birmingham Posts: 4,014 Likes (Received): 12	They should not be able to do that, it was meant to be white with blue cladding, but no its blue, and its not even light blue. Fucking hurendous

July 18th, 2009, 02:59 PM	#10
henry hill Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 22,982 Likes (Received): 3	5/10 __________________

July 18th, 2009, 09:58 PM	#11
Immunda Leodis Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Leeds Posts: 985 Likes (Received): 9	Horrific. If I could have given it 0 I would've done!

July 19th, 2009, 12:19 AM	#12
WOTZDA POINT Wickston Suburbanite Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Leicester Posts: 1,686 Likes (Received): 1	St Georges Tower in it's heyday. It was a solid bulky brutalist tower planned in London by central government for the then GPO. I love it . I just hope the developer or owner see's sense and steam cleans that blue muck off and returns it too grey or reclads it, as was originally intended.

June 15th, 2012, 06:56 PM	#13
AlexsAmazingIpad Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: London Posts: 172 Likes (Received): 0	Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

July 9th, 2012, 03:02 PM	#14
SkyScraperRaper Registered User Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 814 Likes (Received): 39	Are the people that built this taking the piss? knock it the eff down now! embarassment to the UK.

July 10th, 2012, 11:04 PM	#15
*gothicform* Bossman Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: not london Posts: 29,220 Likes (Received): 502	not the best of buildings but it's not too bad when the weather is perfect.

July 10th, 2012, 11:40 PM	#17
DBadger culled Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Wolverhampton, Greater Birmingham Posts: 5,692 Likes (Received): 408	I still maintain that the offices should be Leicester IKEA, with the large blue mass of the tower used for a large IKEA logo. It would break up the monotony. __________________ WOLVERHAMPTON *♣ DIRECT TRAINS TO LONDON AND TIPTON* ♣**

July 21st, 2012, 04:06 AM	#18
WrightTurn Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 367 Likes (Received): 5	Dear Leicester, You are not Miami. Yours truly, Everywhere Else

July 22nd, 2012, 05:29 PM	#19
Aaronj09 Not a Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Leeds Posts: 7,715 Likes (Received): 219	It looks even worse in the sun - almost like lego. Yeah, similar to Leeds then. 5/10, don't actually mind it. __________________ CONFIRMED SIGHTINGS OF POSITIVE AND REALISTIC CASES FOR SCOTLAND TO BECOME INDEPENDENT: 0

July 24th, 2012, 01:25 PM	#20
*gothicform* Bossman Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: not london Posts: 29,220 Likes (Received): 502	it looks worse now. the main blue on the tower is just paint... what do you think happens to paint when exposed to the elements 80 metres up this is probably one of the most mocked reclads out of all the reclads done over the last decade as it's barely a reclad.

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