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BRIARSDALE CROFT

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GIPTON

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Three twelve-storey tower blocks built as public housing as part of the Gipton Estate. Each block contains 46 dwellings, providing 138 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; all are current and of equal status.
The Alternate Name is the name that was given to the contract for the development. (1-2)

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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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