Home Tower of the Duddeston Manor Estate, Nechells Green, Aston.
Home Tower is a 36 metre tall tower block on Duddeston Manor Road in the Duddeston Manor Estate. It is located in Nechells Green, Aston, Birmingham, England. It is notable for being a member of the Duddeston Four which were the first tower blocks to be built in the city. It has 12 floors.
Home Tower was completed in 1954 and has an X shaped footprint meaning all flats receive sunlight. It is constructed of brick and construction was expensive.
The tower was received heating and hot water from a coal-fired (and later gas) boiler in the basement of Queens Tower, although flats now have their own boilers. The Garchey refuse disposal system was installed in the tower, and refuse was transferred to the basement of Queens Tower where it was spun in a giant dryer to remove excess water and burned in a gas furnace. There are seven staircases within the block - one public access stair case at the front, and another at the back, and then five emergency staircases, with one in each corner and one in the centre.
The Duddeston Manor Estate was one of four in the Nechells Green complex of 27 tower blocks and was part of the 67 council-owned tower blocks in Aston. It was refurbished in the mid-late-1990s along with Cromwell Street Estate, while the other 2 estates in the complex (Kellett Road Estate & Rupert Street Estate) were flattened to make way for new low-rise housing. The only tower block to be demolished on Duddeston Manor Estate was Churchfield House.
Duddeston Manor Estate tower blocks[]
- Humber Tower (16 storeys)
- Dovey Tower (16 storeys)
- Trent Tower (16 storeys)
- Churchfield House (12 storeys)... demolished late 1990s
- Willow House (9 storeys)
The Duddeston Four...
- Queens Tower (12 storeys)
- High Tower (12 storeys)
- Home Tower (12 storeys)
- South Tower (12 storeys)