Ellor Street Redevelopment Area, Stage I

Block details

Building contractor:

direct municipal labour, Truscon

Architects:

P. Johnson-Marshall, Sir R. Matthew

Committee approval date:

1962

Significant alterations/demolition, etc.:

One block since demolished; remaining blocks function as University student accommodation

Original commissioning authority:

Salford County Borough Council

Original location authority:

Salford County Borough Council

Present day authority:

Salford City Council

Postcode:

M6 5HH, M6 5HE

Other location names:

Meyrick Road

Official Architecture and Planning 8-1963, 753-5
Interbuild 1-1963, 20-2
Surveyor 18-5-1963, 651-2
Architect and Building News 5-6-1963, 855
Architect and Building News 15-9-1965, 509-10
The Architects' Journal 2-10-1963, 687-8
The Architectural Review 1-1965, 57
Ministry of Public Building and Works Directorate of Research & Information, Decisions affecting Design of Five Point Blocks (ARU 1968)

1987
General view of Ellor Street Estate

1987
View of 15-storey blocks on Meyrick Road

1987
View of Whitebeam Court, Salix Court, and Malix Court with John Lester Court in background

Estate name(s):

Ellor Street Estate