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Elmett Towers
Hob Uid: 1507684
Location : Leeds Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SE3640935773
Summary : Three ten-storey T-plan balcony access blocks built as public housing. Each block contained 60 dwellings, providing 180 dwellings in total. Construction was approved by committee in 1959. Two of the blocks are now demolished.
More information : The blocks were commissioned by Leeds County Borough Council. The Primary address is the address of the surviving block. The other two blocks were located on Eastwood Drive. The exact addresses of these blocks and the date of demoltion are uknown. The Alternate Name is the name that was given to the contract for the development. (1) The contract for the development was joined with a contract for four twelve-storey blocks on Rycroft Avenue. W J Simms Sons & Cooke Ltd.'s tender for all seven blocks was £467,732 18s. 3d. (2)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : Gazetteer 1
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Source Number : 2
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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 : Partly demolished post-1959
Monument End Date : 2009
Monument Start Date : 1959
Monument Type : Tower Block, Balcony Access Block, Council Flats
Evidence : Extant Building, Demolished Building

Monument Period Name : Mid 20th Century
Display Date : Construction approved 1959
Monument End Date : 1959
Monument Start Date : 1959
Monument Type : Tower Block, Balcony Access Block, Council Flats
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : 21st Century
Display Date : Partly demolished pre-2009
Monument End Date : 2009
Monument Start Date : 1959
Monument Type : Tower Block, Balcony Access Block, Council Flats
Evidence : Extant Building, Demolished Building

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 33 NE 67
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2009-01-01
End Date : 2009-12-31

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Elmett Towers