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Nechells Green redevelopment area, u24/55

Block details

	Number of dwellings	Number of storeys
Trent Tower	92	16
Humber Tower	92	16
Dovey Tower	92	16

three 16-storey blocks containing 276 dwellings

Agents

Building contractor:

Stubbings

Events

Committee approval date:

1964

Local authority

Original commissioning authority:

Birmingham County Borough Council

Original location authority:

Birmingham County Borough Council

Present day authority:

Birmingham City Council

Location

Postcode:

B7 4JU, B7 4LF, B7 4JS

Other location names:

Willis 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

Site description

Building system:

Bison

1987
View of Humber Tower, Trent Tower, and Dovey Tower (in background) from North