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Woolwich Common redevelopment area, Stage I

Block details

Number of dwellings Number of storeys
Nightingale Heights 93 25
284-346 Nightingale Vale 24 6
130-147 Nightingale Vale 18 6
12-58 Gildersome Street 32 6

three 6-storey blocks containing 74 dwellings; one 25-storey block containing 93 dwellings

Agents

Building contractor:
direct municipal labour, J.M. Jones
Architects:
Hunt Thompson Associates

Events

Local authority

Original commissioning authority:
Greenwich London Borough Council
Original location authority:
Greenwich London Borough Council
Present day authority:
Greenwich London Borough Council

Location

Postcode:
SE18 4HH
Other location names:
Nightingale Vale

Site description

Contextual information:
Tower block originally planned as a 22-storey block amidst majority of 3-storey dwellings
Building system:
Concrete Ltd Bison Wall Frame
Further Construction Details:
Direct Municipal Labour contracted for 6-storey blocks; J.M. Jones contracted for (Bison-built) 25-storey block
View of Nightingale Heights (25-storey block) with 6-storey block to right
1989
View of Nightingale Heights (25-storey block) with 6-storey block to right