St Joseph’s completed 404-apartment canalside scheme in the Gun Quarter, four minutes’ walk from Snow Hill station — buyable and ready to move into now.
Snow Hill Wharf is a completed development by St Joseph (Berkeley Group) at 63 Shadwell Street in the Gun Quarter — the historic district just north of the Colmore business core, beside the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal. Designed by GRID Architects and finished in November 2022, it delivers 404 apartments: 157 one-beds, 218 two-beds and 29 three-beds, with 139 parking spaces and secure cycle storage for 408 bikes.
Why it's different: almost every other major Birmingham scheme we track is under construction or rental-only. Snow Hill Wharf is finished and for sale — you can view the actual apartment, check the actual view, and move in on a normal purchase timeline. No off-plan deposit risk, no completion-date uncertainty.
| Detail | Information | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Development name | Snow Hill Wharf | Verified |
| Location | 63 Shadwell Street, Gun Quarter, Birmingham B4 6LQ | Verified |
| Developer | St Joseph — Berkeley Group · Architect: GRID | Verified |
| Homes | 404 (157 × 1-bed, 218 × 2-bed, 29 × 3-bed) | Verified |
| Completed | November 2022 | Verified |
| Current pricing | 1-beds from ~£240,000; 2-beds ~£280,000–£350,000; 3-beds ~£495,000 | Estimated |
| Tenure | Leasehold, 250-year leases | Estimated |
| Amenities | 24hr concierge, double-height gym, sauna & steam room, cinema, lounge, workspaces, library, three courtyard gardens | Verified |
Agent listings currently show one-beds from around £240,000, two-beds from about £280,000 to £350,000, and a three-bed listed around £495,000 (August 2026). The developer reports the scheme as all sold, so you're buying agent-marketed completed stock or a resale — and resales at completed schemes can price keenly, with recent listings showing reductions.
At £240,000 a first-time buyer pays no stamp duty; a 10% deposit is £24,000. A standard buyer at £350,000 pays £7,500 SDLT. Run your numbers with our mortgage and stamp duty calculators, and see the full cost of buying guide. Completed buildings also mean mortgage valuation is straightforward — lenders see a real, occupied scheme rather than an off-plan promise.
Prices reflect agent listings checked in July 2026 and change with availability. Ask for the current availability list, and the service charge schedule in writing, before viewing.
The Gun Quarter sits immediately north of the city core: Snow Hill station is about four minutes' walk, the Colmore Row business district under ten, and the canal towpath runs beside the scheme. Three universities are within easy reach, and HS2's Curzon Street site is across the city core. It's a quieter address than Centenary Square or Digbeth — closer to "established city living" than "regeneration frontier".
Snow Hill Wharf is complete, so you’re financing a finished resale or remaining developer stock rather than an off-plan promise — a normal mortgage timeline, and you can value the exact apartment before committing. One-beds from ~£240,000 keep it within first-time-buyer reach (a 5% deposit is around £12,000), though the leasehold service charge feeds the lender’s affordability sums.
Check what you could borrow with how much can I borrow and the affordability calculator, estimate the monthly cost on the mortgage calculator, and budget the full picture with the full cost of buying guide.
For buy-to-let, completed stock has a simple advantage: rent from day one — no waiting for a 2027 completion while your deposit sits idle. Tenant demand in the walkable core is strong (Colmore professionals, university staff and postgraduates), and the three-bed units are a comparative rarity in the city centre.
Know the competition: Birmingham's build-to-rent pipeline is adding 2,500+ professionally managed rental apartments nearby — amenity-rich buildings that compete directly for your tenants. Read our Birmingham BTR boom analysis before setting rent expectations, and factor the service charge on this amenity-heavy scheme into net yield calculations.
Weighing completed vs off-plan from the same developer? Snow Hill Wharf and Glasswater Locks are the natural pair — see our Edition vs Glasswater Locks comparison, gauge the returns in Buy-to-Let in Birmingham, or browse everything in Property Intelligence.
The developer reports Snow Hill Wharf as sold out through its own sales programme; resale apartments are listed through local agents and portals. The official development page remains St Joseph / Berkeley Group — Snow Hill Wharf — useful for verifying building facts before pursuing a resale.
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Yes. Snow Hill Wharf completed in November 2022, so you can view, buy and move into an actual apartment now — either a remaining developer unit or a resale — with no off-plan wait. It's one of the few completed city-centre options in Birmingham.
One-bedroom apartments start from around £240,000, two-beds from about £280,000–£350,000, and three-beds around £495,000, as of our August 2026 review. Because the scheme is complete, compare both agent-marketed completed stock and resales.
It was built by St Joseph, part of the Berkeley Group, and completed in 2022. The scheme has 404 apartments (157 one-bed, 218 two-bed, 29 three-bed) with 139 parking spaces.
It's at 63 Shadwell Street in the Gun Quarter, just north of the Colmore business district, about a four-minute walk from Snow Hill station and beside the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal.
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