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Claude
post Jun 2 2017, 02:01 PM
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As I walked down the hill from the war memorial at the junction of Speen Lane and Old Bath Road, towards Northcroft leisure centre, my eye was drawn to the multi-storey tower in the town centre.

Now the Sterling Cables tower is no more, is the BT exchange tower (is that its name?) now the tallest and ugliest building in the town? Ok, maybe there are uglier buildings, and I appreciate that's subjective and some will have grown to love it, but there can't be many that are bigger.

Who owns it? What's its official name? What's inside? How many floors are there and are they all in use? Have you ever been inside? What's the likelihood of it being knocked down and redeveloped into residential property?

What do you know about it?
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- Claude   Newbury's tallest (and ugliest?) building   Jun 2 2017, 02:01 PM
- - Biker1   QUOTE (Claude @ Jun 2 2017, 03:01 PM) Who...   Jun 2 2017, 02:13 PM
- - Andy Capp   I understand the BT tower sits on top of a pile of...   Jun 2 2017, 04:49 PM
- - x2lls   It is a prime place for conversion to housing. It ...   Jun 2 2017, 08:57 PM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (x2lls @ Jun 2 2017, 09:57 PM) It i...   Jun 3 2017, 06:40 AM
- - On the edge   Interesting site, from the telephone exchange to t...   Jun 3 2017, 07:29 AM
- - Andy Capp   I suspect it will only become available when the l...   Jun 3 2017, 08:58 AM
- - On the edge   There are some interesting examples where alterati...   Jun 3 2017, 10:36 AM
- - Claude   Interesting stuff, thanks for the responses. At t...   Jun 6 2017, 02:06 PM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (Claude @ Jun 6 2017, 03:06 PM) wit...   Jun 11 2017, 07:36 AM
- - motormad   I hope it isn't made into flats / houses... to...   Jun 9 2017, 11:30 AM
|- - blackdog   QUOTE (motormad @ Jun 9 2017, 12:30 PM) I...   Jun 9 2017, 01:26 PM
- - je suis Charlie   So, let's get this right, you've got an em...   Jun 11 2017, 08:58 AM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Jun 11 2017, 09...   Jun 11 2017, 12:44 PM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Jun 11 2017, 09...   Jun 11 2017, 06:16 PM
|- - je suis Charlie   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jun 11 2017, 07:16 PM) No...   Jun 11 2017, 06:49 PM
|- - dannyboy   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jun 11 2017, 07:16 PM) No...   Jun 16 2017, 12:25 PM
|- - Claude   QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jun 16 2017, 01:25 PM) ...   Jun 16 2017, 02:55 PM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jun 16 2017, 01:25 PM) ...   Jun 16 2017, 04:16 PM
||- - dannyboy   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jun 16 2017, 05:16 PM) No...   Jun 16 2017, 11:02 PM
|- - je suis Charlie   QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jun 16 2017, 01:25 PM) ...   Jun 16 2017, 05:05 PM
- - Exhausted   Just across the road is an even more lucrative sit...   Jun 11 2017, 01:00 PM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Jun 11 2017, 02:00 PM)...   Jun 11 2017, 01:42 PM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (On the edge @ Jun 11 2017, 02:42 P...   Jun 11 2017, 02:31 PM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Jun 11 2017, 03:31 PM)...   Jun 11 2017, 02:39 PM
- - je suis Charlie   Just ask "what would JC do?)   Jun 11 2017, 02:02 PM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Jun 11 2017, 03...   Jun 11 2017, 02:41 PM
|- - je suis Charlie   QUOTE (On the edge @ Jun 11 2017, 03:41 P...   Jun 11 2017, 02:49 PM
|- - TallDarkAndHandsome   QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Jun 11 2017, 03...   Jun 11 2017, 06:58 PM
- - Biker1   Really??!!! (By the way it is not t...   Oct 4 2017, 04:56 AM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Oct 4 2017, 05:56 AM) Rea...   Oct 4 2017, 06:53 AM
- - je suis Charlie   Ahhh, The Hanging Garden of Newbury, how sweet...   Oct 4 2017, 07:06 AM
|- - SirWilliam   QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Oct 4 2017, 08:0...   Oct 4 2017, 08:30 AM
- - je suis Charlie   Turn it into Jeremy's West Berks lair, mount t...   Oct 4 2017, 08:44 AM
- - SirWilliam   The inference that the Tory troops have a similari...   Oct 4 2017, 10:21 AM
|- - je suis Charlie   QUOTE (SirWilliam @ Oct 4 2017, 11:21 AM)...   Oct 4 2017, 12:26 PM
|- - SirWilliam   QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Oct 4 2017, 01:2...   Oct 4 2017, 01:22 PM
- - Biker1   I'm sure with a reasonable amount of spend the...   Oct 4 2017, 03:36 PM
- - Biker1   link NTC playing silly buggers again!...   Nov 8 2017, 10:21 AM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Nov 8 2017, 10:21 AM) lin...   Nov 8 2017, 01:37 PM
- - SirWilliam   Could someone explain why it is perfectly ok to sp...   Nov 8 2017, 01:31 PM
|- - blackdog   QUOTE (SirWilliam @ Nov 8 2017, 01:31 PM)...   Nov 8 2017, 03:06 PM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (blackdog @ Nov 8 2017, 03:06 PM) C...   Nov 8 2017, 05:15 PM
|- - blackdog   QUOTE (On the edge @ Nov 8 2017, 05:15 PM...   Nov 8 2017, 11:06 PM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (blackdog @ Nov 8 2017, 11:06 PM) O...   Nov 9 2017, 09:29 AM
|- - blackdog   QUOTE (On the edge @ Nov 9 2017, 09:29 AM...   Nov 9 2017, 03:58 PM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (blackdog @ Nov 9 2017, 03:58 PM) E...   Nov 9 2017, 05:00 PM
- - je suis Charlie   To be honest, I don't even see it anymore. Cer...   Nov 8 2017, 05:57 PM
- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Nov 8 2017, 05:5...   Nov 8 2017, 06:10 PM


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