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11 Bankhead Broadway, Sighthill Industrial Estate
Link , and clad with anodized aluminium. Concrete stairs were cantilevered out around a concrete newel. It was reported to be the first multi-storeyed building in Europe built with pre-stressed concrete.
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I’m not sure if HMSO [now TSO – The Stationery Office] has any presence in this building now; possibly not. It is now used, at least in part, by a self-storage company, but for listing purposes is still referred to as ‘HMSO Store’. Adding to possible confusion on many listing websites, the address is given wrongly as on Bankhead Crossway South, with wrong coordinates that place it about 300m south east in a biscuit factory.
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