Compton House
Compton House was an 8 storey tower block on the Meadway estate in East Birmingham. The block was approved as part of Phase 1 for the estate in 1955 and was completed in 1959 by Wimpey using the no fines concrete method. The block slowly declined into a troublespot. Central heating was installed in the 1980s, but it remained inadequate for modern life with no provisional space made for modern furniture. High levels of anti-social behaviour reported.
In 2007, Birmingham City Council approved plans to demolished the estate. The block was demolished in 2008. The demolition was triggered by the first person to be born in Compton house, Paul Austin.