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Kingston House, Kingston upon Hull

Buildings and structures in Kingston upon HullModernist architecture in EnglandUse British English from February 2020
Kingston House, Bond Street, Hull geograph.org.uk 626486
Kingston House, Bond Street, Hull geograph.org.uk 626486

Kingston House is a tower block and low rise office development built in Kingston upon Hull, England, in the 1960s in a modernist style.

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Kingston House, Kingston upon Hull
Bond Street, Hull Old Town

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City Centre Bond Street North

Bond Street
HU1 3TE Hull, Old Town
England, United Kingdom
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