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Gaiety Cinema Site

Block details

Number of dwellings Number of storeys
Lambton Tower 74 19

one 19-storey block containing 74 dwellings

Agents

Building contractor:
Sir Lindsay Parkinson

Events

Committee approval date:
1964
Construction start date:
1965
Construction completion date:
1966

Local authority

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

Location

Postcode:
SR1 2AZ
Other location names:
Walton Lane

Site description

Building system:
Bison
View of Lambton Tower from Walton Lane
1987
View of Lambton Tower from Walton Lane
View of corner of Lambton Tower and Walton Lane Development from High Street
1987
View of corner of Lambton Tower and Walton Lane Development from High Street
View of Lambton Tower (closest to the camera) from the west
1987
View of Lambton Tower (closest to the camera) from the west
View of Lambton Tower from the west, with the Walton Lane Development behind
1987
View of Lambton Tower from the west, with the Walton Lane Development behind