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The second part of the new complex was the council house in Priory Road. It was built with financial support from Earl of Dudley, [8] who laid the foundation stone in June 1934. [1] It was designed by the same architect in a similar style, built with similar materials and was officially opened by the Duke of Kent in December 1935. [1]
The borders were moved back several hundred yards in 1926 when Dudley Council purchased the land with a view to building council houses to rehouse more than 2,000 families from town centre slums. Hundreds of council houses had already been built across the Dudley Borough in the last decade, but the Priory Estate was to be the largest council ...
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, also known as Dudley Council, is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England. The town of Dudley had been a borough since the thirteenth century, being reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1974 the council has been a metropolitan borough council. It provides the ...
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The nearby Wren's Nest Estate was also built in the mid to late 1930s. Other 1930s developments around Dudley included the Rosland Estate at Kates Hill and the Grace Mary Estate at Oakham. After the end of the Second World War in 1945, mass council house building in Dudley continued for another quarter of a century. The largest developments of ...
The land at Russells Hall was then made safe and allowed to settle until house building commenced. The first house was completed and let in 1958, and by 1966 the estate was complete, consisting of several hundred council houses and flats as well as some private houses, mostly around Scott's Green Close on the south side of the estate.
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Dudley in the West Midlands , England .
The cone received Grade II* listed building status on 23 September 1966. [8] [9] In April 2022, the Cone received a pledge of £1.5m from Dudley Council in order to restore the structure. [10] The restored cone was opened to the public in August 2024.