Agents
Building contractor
Laing
Architects
P. Johnson-Marshall
Sir R. Matthew
Events
Committee approval date
Local authority
Original commissioning authority
Salford County Borough Council
Original location authority
Salford County Borough Council
Location
Postcode
M6 5EL
M6 5EN
Other location names
Sorbus Close
Estate name(s)
Ellor Street Estate
References and links
Official Architecture and Planning 8-1963, 753-5
Interbuild 1-1963, 20-2
Surveyor 18-5-1963, 651-2
Architect and Building News 5-6-1963, 855
Architect and Building News 15-9-1965, 509-10
The Architects' Journal 2-10-1963, 687-8
The Architectural Review 1-1965, 57
Ministry of Public Building and Works Directorate of Research & Information, Decisions affecting Design of Five Point Blocks (ARU 1968)
Original development name
Ellor Street Redevelopment Area, Stage 9
Multi-storey block names
Thorn Court N791
Spruce Court N792
Multi-storey block details
two 23-storey blocks containing 356 dwellings
Postcode area
M6
Image dates
1987; 1987; 1987; 1987; 1987; 1987; 1987; 1987
Image details
View of Spruce Court and Thorn Court; General view of Ellor Street Estate; General view of Ellor Street Estate; General view of Ellor Street Estate; General view of Ellor Street Estate; General view of Ellor Street Estate; View of Mulberry Court, Sycamore Court, and Magnolia Court with Thorn Court in background; View of Mulberry Court, Sycamore Court, and Magnolia Court with Thorn Court in background