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New Carlton

Block details

Number of dwellings Number of storeys
Unknown 48 8
Carlton Towers 54 9

one 9-storey block containing 54 dwellings; one 8-storey block containing 48 dwellings

Agents

Building contractor:
Myton
Architects:
R.A.H. Livett

Events

Committee approval date:
1958
Significant alterations/demolition, etc.:
Since demolished

Local authority

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

Site description

Contextual information:
At time of opening, Carlton Towers was the first point block of mutli-storey flats in Leeds

Image taken in the late 1980s.
Estate name(s): 
New Carlton Estate
Habitation date(s): 
Official opening of Carlton Towers: 9 March 1959