Twinnell House

Twinnell House is a 17-storey concrete-frame block, designed in the modernist tradition common to British high-rise social housing of the 1960s. Though externally it appears brick-clad, this effect is achieved through a slip-finish applied to precast concrete panels. Internally, flats are arranged off central corridors with stairwells and lifts located in a core. Later reports have noted extensive internal degradation including graffiti, broken fixtures, and unsanitary conditions in communal areas. The building was retrofitted with expanded polystyrene cladding prior to the 2022 fire, but not with a centralised sprinkler system. Following the fire, fire breaks and compartmentalisation were…