Former CEGB Headquarters (Solihull) | head office, abandoned / shut down

 head office, abandoned / shut down

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Haslucks Green Road, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands

The Midlands Region of the Central Electricity Generating Board, was one of five within the CEGB, it was responsible for the operation of 38 power stations, over 170 sub-stations and nearly 2,000 miles of Grid transmission line in an area which covered 11,000 square miles. The region produced more than a quarter of the electricity used in England and Wales and had the lion's share of the huge industrial construction programme mounted by the CEGB during the 1960s.

In 1948 the total generating capacity of all the power stations in the Region was 2,016 MW only a little more than a modern 2,000 MW station. By 1957 the Region's capacity was up to 4,000 MW, doubling to 8,000 MW by 1966 and rising to 14,000 MW in 1969 and 16,000 MW by 1971.

The building is now vacant with a Certificate of Immunity against Listing granted, suggesting demolition is imminent.