Northgate-Southgate Redevelopment Area

Block details

Number of dwellings Number of storeys
Ibbotson Flats N977 43 11
Lonsborough Flats N978 43 11
Richmond Flats N979 43 11
three 11-storey blocks containing 129 dwellings

Agents

Building contractor
J. Miller

Events

Committee approval date
Construction completion date
Habitation date(s)
Opening ceremony of the Lonsbrough Flats on June 23, 1961
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-fla…

http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/final-days-huddersfi…

1987
View of Ibbotson Flats from the west
1987
View of Ibbotson Flats (left) and the corner of Lonsborough Flats
Original development name
Northgate-Southgate Redevelopment Area
Multi-storey block names
Ibbotson Flats N977
Lonsborough Flats N978
Richmond Flats N979
Multi-storey block details
three 11-storey blocks containing 129 dwellings
Postcode area
HD1