Oldest existing block of flats?

[Trojan]

I noticed last week that they are demolishing the blocks at Holbeck.

[tyke bhoy]

Trojan wrote: I noticed last week that they are demolishing the blocks at Holbeck. They had to stop for a while too becuase falling rubble deflected and hit a fairly elderly ex resident

[buffaloskinner]

What about the Highways on York Road, when were they built? I seem to remember that it was just a field there in the early 50s.

[raveydavey]

raveydavey wrote: From what I can see on the York Road flyover, work appears to have ceased completely on "Saxton" - the blocks where work was going on appear to have been caught in limbo, with nothing apparently happening for a few months now.Anyone know any more? There is still precious little sign of anything happening at Saxton Gardens - has this project been abandoned?

[raveydavey]

Drove past Holbeck Moor on the '621 and the flats are all but gone, just the last few remaining floors of the end block and still in place and I reckon they'll be gone tomorrow.The other blocks are already just piles of rubble.I know the blocks (like many others) had their problems, but I can't help feel that it's a crime to just demolish them when there are so many people out there desperate for a home.

[jonleeds]

I live in a block called Clayton Court, which along with its identical sister block Clayton Grange was built in 1963. Although the design I have been told is more of a 1950s style than 60's. There are identical blocks in Leeds just off York Road called the Appletons but they were extensively restyled and renovated in the 1990s. I dont know which are the oldest high rise, many of the older ones have been pulled down.

[chameleon]

jonleeds wrote: I live in a block called Clayton Court, which along with its identical sister block Clayton Grange was built in 1963. Although the design I have been told is more of a 1950s style than 60's. There are identical blocks in Leeds just off York Road called the Appletons but they were extensively restyled and renovated in the 1990s. I dont know which are the oldest high rise, many of the older ones have been pulled down. The majority seem to originate from the 50's with nothing obvious coming to light before that.

[jonleeds]

There is another website dedicated to hi-rise blocks, its a forum based thing, has a lot of info about Leeds hi-rise blocks:http://www.skyscrapercity.comCheck it out cos I posted a few things about my block and there is a wealth of info about high rise living worldwide

[dogduke]

Couple of items I found when lookingon the libraries web for something elseTitle     Official opening of Carlton Towers - the first point block of muti storey flats in the city by Miss Alice Bacon, C.B.E., M.P., in the presence of the Lord Mayor Alderman Mrs. Mary Pearce, J.P., 9th March, 1959. / City of Leeds, Housing Committee.Publisher     Leeds : Housing Committee, Leeds City Council, 1959.Bib Id     790561Title     Official opening of the first group of completed dwellings at Saxon Gardens by Alderman F. H. O.'Donnell, J.P., in the prescence of te Lord Mayor Alderman Joseph Hiley, J.P., 12th November, 1957. / City of Leeds, Housing Committee.Publisher     Leeds : Housing Committee, Leeds City Council, 1957.Bib Id     790530

[loispeas]

Hey there,I just came across this document which mentions Grange Court in Headingley as being the first purpose built block of mansion style flats in Leeds in 1912 (p16). http://hydeparkandwoodhouseonline.com/w ... nteresting as I had always thought this was an old institution of some kind whenever I have walked past.Lois