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Redheugh Court
Hob Uid: 1498375
Location : Gateshead Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : NZ2388861892
Summary : Two 21-storey slab blocks of public housing built as part of an area redevelopment scheme. The blocks consist of 334 dwellings in total - each containing 82 two-bedroom, 82 one-bedroom flats and 3 bedsits. They were designed by the Gateshead Borough Architect. The consulting architectural firm was Douglass Wise and Partners. Construction was approved by committee in 1963.
More information : The blocks were constructed by Gateshead 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 was the name given to the contract for the development. (1) Stanley Miller Ltd.'s tender for the contract was £789,165 0.s 0.d. (2) One or both of the blocks were adapted for the elderly and incoporated a communal lounge. (3)

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Source details : Gazetteer 1
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Source details : Proceedings of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council Housing and Estates Department, 11th April 1963, reproduced in the personal archive of Dr Miles Glendinning held at Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh.
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Correspondence between Gateshead Borough Council Department of Housing and National Tower Blocks Network, 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 Glendinning held at Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh.
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Mid 20th Century
Display Date : Construction approved 1963
Monument End Date : 1963
Monument Start Date : 1963
Monument Type : Tower Block, Slab Block, Council Flats
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Late 20th Century
Display Date : Construction completed 1967
Monument End Date : 1967
Monument Start Date : 1967
Monument Type : Tower Block, Slab 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 320
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2009-01-01
End Date : 2009-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Redheugh Court