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QUEENSWOOD HEIGHTS

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BECKETT PARK

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Two twelve-storey tower blocks built as public housing. The blocks contain 46 dwellings each, providing 92 dwellings in total. Construction was approved by committee in 1963.

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The blocks were commissioned by Leeds County Borough Council. The Primary and Alternate addresses are the individual addresses of each tower block; both are current and of equal status. The Alternate Name is the name that was given to the contract for the development. (1)

The contract for the development was joined with contracts for six other twelve-storey blocks on Theaker Lane and on Rycroft Avenue. (2)

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

Gazetteer 1 Page(s)366

(2) Externally held archive reference

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

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