Building / block / estate
Horatia House and Leamington House
Address
Somerstown, Portsmouth (now Somers Orchard)
Local Authority
Portsmouth
Storeys / height
Cladding
Cladding failed post-Grenfell tests and was stripped from 23/06/2017. AJ refers to ACM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-40384747
Owner / Landlord
Original design architect
NOT FOUND. Frank Mellor was Portsmouth City Architect in the 1960s but is not attributed to these blocks. Built 1965 by PCC using the Bison Wall Frame System, 18 Qor 19 storeys
Original consent ref/date
1965
Remediation ref/date
n/a - DEMOLISHED. Hughes and Salvidge, top-down demolition from 2021
Remediation lead
Litigation
Source / Evidence / Links
- (Other remediation) AJ 10/06/2021 photo caption; Portsmouth CC Outline Business Case; Hughes and Salvidge
- Confidence: Low - material unconfirmed, architect unknown
- Workbook source(s): Other remediation (row 17)
- https://media.portsmouth.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Horatia_House_and_Leamington_House_Sites_Outline_Business_Case_Accessible.pdf
- https://www.hughesandsalvidge.co.uk/21/1829/horatia-house-and-leamington-house-portsmouth
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerstown,_Hampshire
- https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/portsmouth-to-demolish-two-1960s-tower-blocks-following-structural-fears
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-47278763
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-40384747