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Bensham Court

Hob Uid: 1498287
Location :
Gateshead
Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : NZ2481162207
Summary : A sixteen-storey tower block built as a public housing redevelopment. The block was designed by the Gateshead Borough Architect. It contains 63 two-bedroom flats, 62 one-bedroom flats and two bedsits, making 127 dwellings in total. Construction was approved by committee in 1961.
More information : The block was constructed under Gateshead County Borough Council. The Alternate Name was the name given to the contract for the development. (1)

Old mining works lie underneath the block, making additional survey of the site and attention to foundations necessary. Figures submitted by Wimpey for tender were therefore tentative and were in the region of £300,000. (2)

Construction commenced in April 1962. (3)

Construction type is Wimpey No-Fines.(4)

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Source details : Gazetteer 1
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Source details : Proceedings of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council Housing and Estates Department, 13th July 1961, reproduced in the personal archive of Dr Miles Glendinning held at Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh.
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Source details : Personal archive of Dr Miles Glendinnning held at Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh.
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Source details : Correspondence between Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council Department of Housing and the National Tower Blocks Network, 31st Dec 1987, reproduced in the 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 1961
Monument End Date : 1961
Monument Start Date : 1961
Monument Type : Tower Block, Council Flats
Evidence : Extant Building
Monument Period Name : Mid 20th Century
Display Date : Constructed 1962-1963
Monument End Date : 1963
Monument Start Date : 1962
Monument Type : Tower Block, Council Flats
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NZ 26 SW 319
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2009-01-01
End Date : 2009-12-31