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Kennedy Gardens
Hob Uid: 1497794
Location : Stockton-on-Tees Billingham
Grid Ref : NZ4614923742
Summary : Three eleven-storey slab blocks with deck access built as public housing as part of the Town Centre redevelopment plan. The blocks contain 225 dwellings in total. They lie on the eastern edge of the New Town development and were one of the few schemes to retain the design of the consulting architects, Elder, Lester & Partners. Construction was approved by committee in 1962.
More information : The blocks were constructed by Billingham Urban District Council. The Alternate name was the name given to the contract for the development. (1) T. G. Construction's tender for the contract was £598,118.9.7d. (2) The tower blocks opened in February 1965. (3) The Town Centre development as a whole began in 1952 with traffic diverted to perimeter roads. The fifteen-storey West Precinct tower block (circa 1973) was a later public housing development at the western end of the Town Centre. Source (4) also states materials used were brick and concrete. (4)

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Source details : Gazetteer 1
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Source details : Minutes of Billingham Urban District Council meeting, 22nd Oct, 1962, reproduced in personal archive of Dr Miles Glendinning held at Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh.
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Source details : Personal archive of Dr Miles Glendinning held at Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh.
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Mid 20th Century
Display Date : Construction approved 1962
Monument End Date : 1962
Monument Start Date : 1962
Monument Type : Tower Block, Slab Block, Deck Access Block, Council Flats
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Mid 20th Century
Display Date : Opened 1965
Monument End Date : 1965
Monument Start Date : 1965
Monument Type : Tower Block, Slab Block, Deck Access Block, Council Flats
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NZ 42 SE 115
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2009-01-01
End Date : 2009-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Kennedy Gardens