Newby Street Redevelopment Area

Block details

Number of dwellings Number of storeys
Hillfoot Towers N921 16
Knightswood Towers N922 16
Leacroft Towers N923 16
Springburn Towers N924 16
four 16-storey blocks containing 359 dwellings

Agents

Building contractor
Concrete Northern

Events

Construction start date
Significant alterations/demolition, etc.
Since demolished

Local authority

Original commissioning authority
Bradford County Borough Council
Original location authority
Bradford County Borough Council
Present day authority
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Location

Other location names
Bowling Old Lane

References and links

Surveyor 31-12-1966, 22

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1510606

Site description

Building system
Bison
1987
View of two blocks from Newby Street development with rubble in foreground
1987
View of corner of Springburn Towers
1987
View of one of the blocks on the Newby Street development
1987
View of the four blocks which formed the Newby Street development, with bottom windows boarded up
1987
Another view of the four towers with lower windows boarded up
Original development name
Newby Street Redevelopment Area
Multi-storey block names
Hillfoot Towers N921
Knightswood Towers N922
Leacroft Towers N923
Springburn Towers N924
Multi-storey block details
four 16-storey blocks containing 359 dwellings
Postcode area
BD5