Roseford Court is a large tower block built as part of a public housing project in the 1970s in
Shepherd's Bush
Shepherd's Bush is a district of West London, England, within the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham west of Charing Cross, and identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan.
Although primarily residential in character, i ...
, London. It is located on the south side of Shepherd's Bush Green and falls just outside the
Shepherd's Bush Conservation Area
The Shepherd's Bush Conservation Area is a part of Shepherd's Bush, London, that has been established by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in order to promote the protection of local buildings of historic interest, and improve the chara ...
. Although built as public housing, a number of the flats are now privately owned and are regularly offered for sale to the public.
History
Like its sister towers,
Woodford Court
Woodford Court is a large public housing project completed in 1974 in Shepherd's Bush, London. It is located on the south side of Shepherd's Bush Green and falls just outside the Shepherd's Bush Conservation Area.
History
Like its sister tower ...
, Bush Court and Shepherd's Court, Roseford Court was designed and built of steel and concrete in an unapologetically modern style by the then
Labour
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
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-controlled Council. Roseford Court was completed in 1974. It is 184 feet high and contains 113 housing units on 20 floors.
Notable residents
Roseford Court was the home of one Fatimah Dodson, a benefit fraudster who dishonestly claimed more than £6,000 in
Housing benefit
Housing Benefit is a means-tested social security benefit in the United Kingdom that is intended to help meet housing costs for rented accommodation. It is the second biggest item in the Department for Work and Pensions' budget after the state ...
and
Council Tax
Council Tax is a local taxation system used in England, Scotland and Wales. It is a tax on domestic property, which was introduced in 1993 by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, replacing the short-lived Community Charge
The Community C ...
benefit to which she was not entitled. She pleaded guilty to charges of fraud at West London Magistrates Court on 18 December 2008.
article at www.lbhf.gov.uk 13 January 2009
Retrieved March 2012
See also
*History of Shepherd's Bush
Shepherd's Bush is a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham centred on Shepherd's Bush Green. Originally a pasture for shepherds on their way to Smithfield market, it was largely developed in the late nineteenth and early tw ...
*Woodford Court
Woodford Court is a large public housing project completed in 1974 in Shepherd's Bush, London. It is located on the south side of Shepherd's Bush Green and falls just outside the Shepherd's Bush Conservation Area.
History
Like its sister tower ...
* Bush Court
Notes
External links
Roseford Court at www.emporis.com
Retrieved March 2012
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Skyscrapers in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Shepherd's Bush