Longsight Comprehensive Redevelopment Area, Stage 1, Gibson Street

Block details

Number of dwellings Number of storeys
Buckingham House N663 8
Cumbria House N664 8
Unknown N657 10
Unknown N658 10
Unknown N659 10
Unknown N660 10
Unknown N661 10
Unknown N662 10
Unknown N665 8
Unknown N666 8
Unknown N667 8
Unknown N668 8
Unknown N669 6
Unknown N670 6
six 10-storey blocks containing 241 dwellings; six 8-storey blocks containing 215 dwellings; two 6-storey blocks containing 51 dwellings

Agents

Building contractor
Drury North-Western
Concrete Northern
Architects
R.C. Stones

Events

Committee approval date
Significant alterations/demolition, etc.
Since demolished

Local authority

Original commissioning authority
Manchester County Borough Council
Original location authority
Manchester County Borough Council
Present day authority
Manchester City Council

Location

Other location names
Coverdale Crescent

References and links

Town Planning Review 1967, 137-254

Town Planning Review 1970, 353-6

The Architectural Review 11-1967, 355-6

Site description

Building system
Bison
General view of Gibson Street redevelopment
1987
General view of Gibson Street redevelopment
View of 6-storey block in Gibson Street redevelopment
1987
View of 6-storey block in Gibson Street redevelopment
View of 10-storey block in Gibson Street redevelopment
1897
View of 10-storey block in Gibson Street redevelopment
View of 10-storey block in Gibson Street redevelopment
1987
View of 10-storey block in Gibson Street redevelopment
View of 10-storey block in Gibson Street redevelopment
1987
View of 10-storey block in Gibson Street redevelopment
View of Buckingham House
1987
View of Buckingham House
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
1988
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
1988
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
1987
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
1987
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
1988
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
1988
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
1988
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
1988
View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
Detail view of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
1987
Detail view of Gibson Sreet redevelopment
Entrance to Cumbria House
1987
Entrance to Cumbria House
Original development name
Longsight Comprehensive Redevelopment Area, Stage 1, Gibson Street
Multi-storey block names
Unknown N657
Unknown N658
Unknown N659
Unknown N660
Unknown N661
Unknown N662
Buckingham House N663
Cumbria House N664
Unknown N665
Unknown N666
Unknown N667
Unknown N668
Unknown N669
Unknown N670
Multi-storey block details
six 10-storey blocks containing 241 dwellings; six 8-storey blocks containing 215 dwellings; two 6-storey blocks containing 51 dwellings
Postcode area
M12
Image dates
1987; 1987; 1897; 1987; 1987; 1987; 1988; 1988; 1987; 1987; 1988; 1988; 1988; 1988; 1987; 1987
Image details
General view of Gibson Street redevelopment; View of 6-storey block in Gibson Street redevelopment; View of 10-storey block in Gibson Street redevelopment; View of 10-storey block in Gibson Street redevelopment; View of 10-storey block in Gibson Street redevelopment; View of Buckingham House; View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment; View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment; View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment; View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment; View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment; View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment; View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment; View of Gibson Sreet redevelopment; Detail view of Gibson Sreet redevelopment; Entrance to Cumbria House