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WEBSITE:
Borough Film Office

Jurisdictions: Tower Hamlets

Location/Studios Details

Brownfield Estate

United Kingdom / London, England
Location ID: #10139818

Brownfield council estate was designed by Erno Goldfinger in the brutalist style. There are three main towers - the 27-storey Balfron Tower, which is a shorter sister to the famous Trellick Tower, the 11-storey Carradale House and the 14-storey Glenkerry House. All three buildings are part of the Balfron Tower Conservation Area and are Grade II listed. Balfron Tower is 84m high and contains 146 apartments; lifts serve all entry floors (every third floor). The lift shaft sits in a separate service tower, joined to the residential tower by seven walkways.

Location Category:

  • STREETS, CRESCENTS AND SQUARES - Housing estates, council

Architecture Style:

  • Brutalist;
  • Modern (post 1945);
  • Period 1960-1970