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Northgate-Southgate Redevelopment Area
Northgate-Southgate Redevelopment Area
Block details
Number of dwellings
Number of storeys
Richmond Flats
43
11
Lonsborough Flats
43
11
Ibbotson Flats
43
11
Agents
Building contractor:
J. Miller
Events
Committee approval date:
1958
Construction completion date:
1964
Significant alterations/demolition, etc.:
Lonsbrough and Ibbotson Flats demolished 2014 Richmond Flats revamped and renamed Harold Wilson Flats
Local authority
Original commissioning authority:
Huddersfield County Borough Council
Original location authority:
Huddersfield County Borough Council
Present day authority:
Kirklees Metropolitan Council
Location
Postcode:
HD1 1SY, HD1 1SX, HD1 1SX
Other location names:
Richmond Flats, Ibbotson FLats, Lonsbrough Flats
References and links
http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1506115
http://www.examiner.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/looking-back-richmond-flats-were-6725445
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/final-days-huddersfield-tower-blocks-11471074
1987
View of Ibbotson Flats from the west
1987
View of Ibbotson Flats (left) and the corner of Lonsborough Flats
Habitation date(s):
Opening ceremony of the Lonsbrough Flats on June 23, 1961