TQ7088 : Brooke House

near to Barstable, Essex, Great Britain

Brooke House
Brooke House
Brooke House is a block of flats.
It stands like a monolith in the middle of Basildon Town Centre.

The building was completed in 1962.
14 Storey, 84 flats, residential tower block, Brooke House was named after the Conservative Minister for Housing Henry Brooke.

It stands approximately 160 feet tall, and is supported by eight, twenty seven feet high stilted legs. It was designed by the architect Sir Basil Urwin Spence in a Modernist style and constructed by Holland, Hannen and Cubbitts.

In 1998, Brooke House was given Grade 11 listed building status by English Heritage.
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Date Taken
Saturday, 5 April, 2008
Submitted
Saturday, 5 April, 2008
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Listed Building   (find more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 705 885 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:34.1755N 0:27.5264E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 704 885
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