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 The tower in 2009 before the renovation | |
  Grenfell Tower Location within Kensington and Chelsea borough  Grenfell Tower Location within Greater London | |
| Former names | Lancaster Tower |
| General information | |
| Status | Awaiting demolition |
| Location | London, W11 United Kingdom |
| Construction started | 1972 |
| Completed | 1974 |
| Renovated | 2016 |
| Destroyed | 2017 Grenfell Tower fire |
| Renovation cost | £10 million |
| Owner | Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council |
| Landlord | Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation |
| Height | 67.3 m (220 ft 10 in) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 24 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Clifford Wearden and Associates |
| Main contractor | A E Symes |
| Renovating team | |
| Architect(s) | Studio E Architects |
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| Grenfell Tower, the fire, and its aftermath |
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Grenfell Tower is a derelict 24-storey residential tower block in North Kensington in London, England. The tower was completed in 1974 as part of the first phase of the Lancaster West Estate.[1] Most of the tower was destroyed in a severe fire on 14 June 2017.
The building's top 20 storeys consisted of 120 flats, with six per floor – two flats with one bedroom each and four flats with two bedrooms each – with a total of 200 bedrooms. Its first four storeys were non-residential until its most recent refurbishment, from 2015 to 2016, when two of them were converted to residential use, bringing it up to 127 flats and 227 bedrooms; six of the new flats had four bedrooms each and one flat had three bedrooms. It also received new windows and new cladding with thermal insulation during this refurbishment.[2]
The fire gutted the building and killed 72 people, including a stillbirth.[3] In early 2018, it was announced that, following demolition of the tower, the site will be replaced by a memorial to those killed in the fire.[4]
As of December 2022[update], the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has said that no firm plans exist for the tower, and that any decision will only be taken after community engagement.
- ^ The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. "Grenfell Tower". rbkc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ Grenfell Tower regeneration Project Archived 17 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "UPDATE: Number of victims of the Grenfell Tower fire formally identified is 70". Metropolitan Police. 16 November 2017. Archived from the original on 19 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Grenfell Tower site to be turned into memorial". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2018.