Agents
Building contractor
Laing
Events
Committee approval date
Significant alterations/demolition, etc.
Since demolished
Local authority
Original commissioning authority
Birmingham County Borough Council
Original location authority
Birmingham County Borough Council
Location
Other location names
Bradburne Way
Estate name(s)
Rupert Street Estate
References and links
Architect and Building News 15-8-1947, 122, 126-7
The Builder 12-3-1954, 458-9
Municipal Review 4-1954, 106
Official Architecture and Planning 4-1954, 118-20
Municipal Journal 22-11-1950, 2280ff
Municipal Journal 2-4-1954, 735-41
The Architects' Journal 25-2-1954, 249
The Architectural Review 5-1954, 342
E. Simon, Rebuilding Britain 1945, 190-3
F.W. Bradnock (ed.), City of Birmingham Official Handbook 1947, 84-6
Original development name
Nechells Green redevelopment area, u13/17
Multi-storey block names
Greenbank House M226
Ash Tree House M47
Malvern House M313
Newlands House M337
Southdown House M421
Multi-storey block details
one 7-storey block containing 51 dwellings; four 6-storey blocks containing 162 dwellings
Postcode area
B7
Image dates
1987; 1987; 1981; 1981
Image details
View of 6-storey blocks on Rupert Street; View of Greenbank House; View of 6-storey blocks on Bradburne Way and Elm Tree Tower with 16-storey Cromwell Street blocks in background; View of 6-storey blocks from Great Lister Street with Elm Tree Tower in background