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Blackbird Leys

Block details

Number of dwellings Number of storeys
Windrush Tower 60 15
Evenlode Tower 60 15

two 15-storey blocks containing 120 dwellings

Agents

Building contractor:
Laing
Architects:
S. Greenwood
Engineers:
B.H. Broadbent

Events

Construction start date:
1960
Construction completion date:
1964

Local authority

Original commissioning authority:
Oxford County Borough Council
Original location authority:
Oxford County Borough Council
Present day authority:
Oxford City Council

Location

Postcode:
OX4 6HY, OX4 6JA
Other location names:
Knights Road; Nlackbird Leys Road
View of Windrush Tower and Evenlode Tower
1983
View of Windrush Tower and Evenlode Tower
Entrance to Windrush Tower
1983
Entrance to Windrush Tower
View of Evenlode Tower
1983
View of Evenlode Tower
Estate name(s): 
Blackbird Leys Estate
Habitation date(s): 
Official opening of Windrush Tower: 9 April 1962