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Nechells Green redevelopment area, u17/33

Block details

	Number of dwellings	Number of storeys
Sycamore House	68	12
Chestnut House	68	12

two 12-storey blocks containing 136 dwellings

Agents

Building contractor:

Wates

Events

Committee approval date:

1962

Significant alterations/demolition, etc.:

Since demolished

Local authority

Original commissioning authority:

Birmingham County Borough Council

Original location authority:

Birmingham County Borough Council

Present day authority:

Birmingham City Council

Location

Other location names:

Great Lister Street

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

1987
View of 12-storey blocks on Great Lister Street and Manor Road