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Longsight Comprehensive Redevelopment Area, Stage 1, Gibson Street

Block details

Number of dwellings Number of storeys
Unknown 6
Unknown 6
Unknown 8
Unknown 8
Unknown 8
Unknown 8
Unknown 10
Unknown 10
Unknown 10
Unknown 10
Unknown 10
Unknown 10
Cumbria House 8
Buckingham House 8

six 10-storey blocks containing 241 dwellings; six 8-storey blocks containing 215 dwellings; two 6-storey blocks containing 51 dwellings

Agents

Building contractor:
Drury North-Western, Concrete Northern
Architects:
R.C. Stones

Events

Committee approval date:
1968
Significant alterations/demolition, etc.:
Since demolished

Local authority

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

Location

Other location names:
Coverdale Crescent

Site description

Building system:
Bison
General view of Gibson Street redevelopment
1987
General view of Gibson Street redevelopment
View of 6-storey block in Gibson Street redevelopment
1987
View of 6-storey block in Gibson Street redevelopment
View of 10-storey block in Gibson Street redevelopment
1897
View of 10-storey block in Gibson Street redevelopment
View of 10-storey block in Gibson Street redevelopment
1987
View of 10-storey block in Gibson Street redevelopment
View of 10-storey block in Gibson Street redevelopment
1987
View of 10-storey block in Gibson Street redevelopment
View of Buckingham House
1987
View of Buckingham House
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
1988
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
1988
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
1987
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
1987
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
1988
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
1988
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
1988
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
1988
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
Detail view of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
1987
Detail view of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
Entrance to Cumbria House
1987
Entrance to Cumbria House