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Gamble Hill Croft
Hob Uid: 1507110
Location : Leeds Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SE2487433912
Summary : Two seventeen-storey H-plan tower blocks built as public housing. Each block contains 99 dwellings, providing 198 dwellings in total. Broadbent, Thompson & Wilson were appointed as supervising architects. Construction was approved by committee in 1966.
More information : The blocks were commissioned by Leeds 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 is the name that was given to the contract for the development. (1-2)

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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 Period Name : Mid 20th Century
Display Date : Construction approved 1966
Monument End Date : 1966
Monument Start Date : 1966
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 : SE 23 SW 114
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2009-01-01
End Date : 2009-12-31

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Gamble Hill Croft