Agents
Building contractor
Taylor Woodrow-Anglian
Architects
T.A. North
Taylor Woodrow-Anglian
Events
Construction start date
Habitation date(s)
1968
Significant alterations/demolition, etc.
Gas explosion in Ronan point in 1968 led to death of five tenants; Ronan Point demolished in 1986; other blocks demolished in 1991
Local authority
Original commissioning authority
Newham London Borough Council
Original location authority
Newham London Borough Council
Location
Other location names
Freemasons Road
Estate name(s)
Freemasons Estate
References and links
Architect and Building News 29-11-1967, 869
Industrialised Building Systems and Components 12-1967, 125
Municipal Review 1-1968, 10
Municipal Review 6-1968, 262-3
Municipal Review 9-1968, 367
The Architects' Journal 22-5-1968, 1125-7
The Architects' Journal 21-8-1968, 311
The Architects' Journal 13-11-1968, 1111
Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects 12-1968, 526
Building Design 19-1-1973, 14
New Society 11-7-1974, 68-70
Site description
Building system
Larsen-Nielsen
1979
View of 23-storey blocks
View of 23-storey blocks
1979
View of Bauckham Point
View of Bauckham Point
1979
View of 23-storey blocks
View of 23-storey blocks
1979
Entrance to Hume Point
Entrance to Hume Point
1982
View of 23-storey blocks
View of 23-storey blocks
1982
Entrance to Ronan Point
Entrance to Ronan Point
1982
Entrance to Ronan Point
Entrance to Ronan Point
1979
View of 23-storey block
View of 23-storey block
1979
View of 23-storey blocks
View of 23-storey blocks
1979
View of 23-storey blocks
View of 23-storey blocks
Original development name
Clever Road, Stage 1
Multi-storey block names
Ronan Point L2084
Ault Point L2085
Bauckham Point L2086
Dobson Point L2087
Multi-storey block details
four 23-storey blocks containing 440 dwellings
Postcode area
E16
Image dates
1979; 1979; 1979; 1979; 1982; 1982; 1982; 1979; 1979; 1979
Image details
View of 23-storey blocks; View of Bauckham Point; View of 23-storey blocks; Entrance to Hume Point; View of 23-storey blocks; Entrance to Ronan Point; Entrance to Ronan Point; View of 23-storey block; View of 23-storey blocks; View of 23-storey blocks