Beswick-Bradford Comprehensive Redevelopment Area, Stage I, Wellington Street and Oliver Street
Block details
| Number of dwellings | Number of storeys | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 21 | 6 | |
| Unknown | 16 | 6 | |
| Unknown | 30 | 6 | |
| Unknown | 9 | 6 | |
| Unknown | 30 | 6 | |
| Unknown | 30 | 6 | |
| Unknown | 25 | 6 | |
| Unknown | 9 | 6 | |
| Unknown | 36 | 6 | |
| Unknown | 9 | 6 | |
| Unknown | 30 | 6 | |
| Unknown | 15 | 6 | |
| Unknown | 30 | 6 | |
| Unknown | 24 | 8 | |
| Unknown | 60 | 8 | |
| Unknown | 76 | 8 | |
| Unknown | 38 | 8 | |
| Unknown | 40 | 8 | |
| Unknown | 32 | 8 | |
| Unknown | 40 | 8 | |
| Unknown | 34 | 8 | |
| Unknown | 38 | 8 | |
| Unknown | 80 | 8 | |
| Unknown | 40 | 8 | |
| Unknown | 27 | 8 | |
| Unknown | 64 | 8 |
Agents
Building contractor:
Drury North-Western, Concrete Northern
Architects:
J. Austen Bent
Events
Committee approval date:
1969
Construction start date:
1970
Construction completion date:
1971
Significant alterations/demolition, etc.:
Since demolished
Location
Other location names:
Grey Mare Lane; Ranworth Close; Chaddesley Walk
References and links
- The Architectural Review 11-1967, 356-7
Site description
Building system:
Bison
1987
View of 6-storey block and 8-storey block on Grey Mare Lane
View of 6-storey block and 8-storey block on Grey Mare Lane
1987
View of 6-storey block and 8-storey block on Grey Mare Lane
View of 6-storey block and 8-storey block on Grey Mare Lane
1981
View of Chaddesley Walk
View of Chaddesley Walk
1987
View of Fort Beswick blocks undergoing demolitio
View of Fort Beswick blocks undergoing demolitio
1987
View of Fort Beswick blocks undergoing demolition
View of Fort Beswick blocks undergoing demolition
1981
View of blocks on Ranworth Close
View of blocks on Ranworth Close
Recent comments
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Fort Beswick
Submitted by Stephen Marland on Friday, January 20, 2017 - 20:43.Following Thursday's Tower Block talk with the MMS I am minded too post some information from Modern Mooch Blog - I have lived in Manchester all my life, and saw Fort Beswick come and go, along with several other housing developments in the city and betond.