Downs Road, 1st Phase

Block details

	Number of dwellings	Number of storeys
Sutherland Point	84	22
Seaton Point	84	22
Rathbone Point	84	22
Rachel Point	84	22
Farnell Point	84	22
Embley Point	84	22

Agents

Building contractor:

Rush & Tompkins

Events

Committee approval date:

1968

Significant alterations/demolition, etc.:

Five blocks since demolished (Farnell Point on 26 July 1998), leaving Seaton Point as only extant 22-storey block; Seaton Point refurbished in 1998-99

Local authority

Original commissioning authority:

Greater London Council

Original location authority:

Hackney London Borough Council

Present day authority:

Hackney London Borough Council

Location

Postcode:

E5 8PY

1987
View of 22-storey blocks on Nightingale Estate

1988
Map of Nightingale Estate

1988
View of 22-storey blocks on Nightingale Estate

Estate name(s):

Nightingale Estate