Roman Road (No. 2) | Tower Block

Block details

Building contractor:

Gee Walker and Slater

Architects:

Yorke, Rosenberg & Mardall, J.S.P. Vulliamy

Engineers:

Clarke, Nicholls & Marcel

Committee approval date:

1955

Construction start date:

1956

Construction completion date:

1959

Original commissioning authority:

Bethnal Green Metropolitan Borough Council

Original location authority:

Bethnal Green Metropolitan Borough Council

Present day authority:

Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

Postcode:

E2 0PS

Other location names:

Knottisford Street

Contextual information:

Scheme also containing 27 shops, a public house, and a post office

1988
View of 6-storey blocks

1988
6-storey blocks on Morpeth Street

Estate name(s):

Digby Estate