Walter Tull House is a new 100 per cent council housing development in Tottenham Hale, North London that provides 131 homes and a health centre – with more than 40 GPs.

Named after Spur’s first Black footballer, it is one of seven building projects devised for the Heart of Hale masterplan by Related Argent and the London Borough of Haringey. Together they deliver more than 1000 new homes alongside restaurants, shops and cafés and flexible workspaces for the local community. It’s just a short walk from Tottenham Hale station, a transport hub for bus, underground and rail that includes trains to Stansted airport.

It is formed of three conjoined buildings: a 16-storey building overlooking Down Lane Park; a low-rise L-shaped block (of four and six storeys) facing east and north with a communal rooftop terrace and enclosing a shared, landscaped courtyard, and a south-facing seven-storey block incorporating a retail unit and a two-storey, street level health centre on tree-lined Monument Way.

This sculptural composition is enhanced by the use of two tones of red-hued facing brick, coloured mortar joints and complementary smooth and textured panels.

Walter Tull House’s 131 council homes are a major step towards fulfilling Haringey Council’s ambitious house-building programme, which is seeking to deliver 3,000 council houses by 2031.

There are 36 one-bedroom homes, 12 two-bedroom homes (for three people), 61 two-bedroom homes for 4 people, and 22 three-bedroom homes accommodating 5 people.

Landscape and public realm design is by Adams & Sutherland.

PTE provided a full planning service and acted as QM for the delivery stages.