New Carlton

Block details

Number of dwellings Number of storeys
Carlton Towers N1194 54 9
Unknown N1195 48 8
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
Habitation date(s)
Official opening of Carlton Towers: 9 March 1959
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

Location

Estate name(s)
New Carlton Estate

References and links

Official Architecture and Planning 11-1959, 507

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1507651

Site description

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

Original development name
New Carlton
Multi-storey block names
Carlton Towers N1194
Unknown N1195
Multi-storey block details
one 9-storey block containing 54 dwellings; one 8-storey block containing 48 dwellings
Postcode area
LS7