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Balfron Tower

residential building in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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Balfron Tower

Summary

Balfron Tower is a tower block[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of tower_block entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (271 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Balfron Tower is located in London Borough of Tower Hamlets[3].
  • Balfron Tower is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Balfron Tower's image is recorded as Balfron tower.jpg[5].
  • Balfron Tower's image is recorded as Balfron Tower E14.jpg[6].
  • Balfron Tower's instance of is recorded as tower block[7].
  • Balfron Tower's instance of is recorded as residential building[8].
  • Balfron Tower's architect is recorded as Ernő Goldfinger[9].
  • Balfron Tower's architectural style is recorded as brutalist architecture[10].
  • Balfron Tower's location is recorded as Poplar[11].
  • Balfron Tower's Commons category is recorded as Balfron Tower[12].
  • +1967-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Balfron Tower[13].
  • Balfron Tower's OS grid reference is recorded as TQ3826581275[14].
  • Balfron Tower's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.5136, 'lon': -0.00880556}[15].
  • Balfron Tower's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/028x3w[16].
  • Balfron Tower's official website is recorded as http://www.balfrontower.org/[17].
  • Balfron Tower's floors above ground is recorded as {'amount': '+26'}[18].
  • Balfron Tower's National Heritage List for England number is recorded as 1334931[19].
  • Balfron Tower's CTBUH Skyscraper Center building ID is recorded as 15767[20].
  • Balfron Tower's heritage designation is recorded as Grade II listed building[21].
  • Balfron Tower's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+84'}[22].
  • Balfron Tower's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Architourist Guide[23].
  • Balfron Tower's archINFORM project ID is recorded as 13491[24].
  • Balfron Tower's historic county is recorded as Middlesex[25].
  • Balfron Tower's #SOSBrutalism ID is recorded as 15889071[26].
  • Balfron Tower's British Listed Buildings ID is recorded as 101334931[27].

Body

Geography

Balfron Tower is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in London Borough of Tower Hamlets[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include tower block[7] and residential building[8]. Balfron Tower's heritage designation is recorded as Grade II listed building[21].

History and Context

+1967-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Balfron Tower[13].

Why It Matters

Balfron Tower ranks in the top 4% of tower_block entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (271 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . SOSBrutalism. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SOSBrutalism. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . skyscrapercenter.com. skyscrapercenter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . archinform.net. Retrieved . archinform.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Poplar
    Floors above ground → {'amount': '+26'}
    Architect → Ernő Goldfinger
    Inception → —
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Building", "BalfronTower::k6586"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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