Agents
Building contractor
Wates
Architects
F.G. Southgate
A.S. Brickell
Events
Committee approval date
Contract date(s)
Construction start date
Significant alterations/demolition, etc.
Since demolished
Local authority
Original commissioning authority
Waltham Forest London Borough Council
Original location authority
Waltham Forest London Borough Council
Location
Other location names
Beaconsfield Road; Colchester Road
References and links
Systems Building and Design 9-1967, 22
Systems Building and Design 3-1968, 29
The Architects' Journal 6-8-1969, 309-11
1988
View of 22-storey blocks in Cambridge Road Redevelopment Area
View of 22-storey blocks in Cambridge Road Redevelopment Area
Original development name
Cambridge Road Redevelopment Area
Multi-storey block names
James Dixon Tower L1697
Ernest Richards Tower L1698
Walter Saville Tower L1699
Multi-storey block details
three 22-storey blocks containing 300 dwellings
Postcode area
E17
Image dates
1988
Image details
View of 22-storey blocks in Cambridge Road Redevelopment Area
Waltham Forest housing estate
Cambridge road later renamed as Boundary road was a housing estate in Waltham Forest east London. The estate consisted of 3 20 storey tower blocks and 3 3 storey maisonettes
James Dixson Tower 20 residential floors demolished 1997
Ernest Richards Tower 20 residential floors demolished 1999
Walter Saville Tower 20 residential floors demolished 2002
Beconfields road
Colchester road
Boundary road
The three low rise maisonettes which were located on Beconfield road were also demolished in 1995