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PRIOR COURT

ALTERNATIVE NAME:

LOW GRANGE

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Two twelve-storey tower blocks built as public housing. The blocks consist of 132 dwellings in total. Each block is comprised of eleven storeys of flats and a two-level car park. Construction was approved by committee in 1968.

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The blocks were constructed under Billingham Urban Disrict Council. The Primary and Alternate addresses are the individual addresses of each tower block; both are current and of equal status. The blocks were formerly known as Grange Avenue and Sedgemoor Court. The Alternate name was the name given to the contract for the development. (1)

Planning permission for the blocks was refused by Durham County Council. Billingham Urban District Council's appeal against this decision was upheld on the condition that the site was landscaped. George Wimpey & Co. Ltd.'s tender for the contract was £515,185 7s 7d. (2).

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(1) Externally held archive reference

Minutes of Billingham Urban District Council meeting, 31st Jan, 1968, reproduced in personal archive of Dr Miles Glendinning held at Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh.

(1) Miles Glendinning and Stefan Muthesius 1994 Tower block : modern public housing in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Gazeteer 1 Page(s)357

(2) Externally held archive reference

Personal archive of Dr Miles Glendinning held at Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh.

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