Grenfell Tower
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The tower in 2009 before the renovation | |
Grenfell Tower Location within Kensington and Chelsea borough Grenfell Tower Location within Greater London | |
| Former names | Lancaster Tower |
| General information | |
| Status | Demolition in progress |
| Location | London, W11 United Kingdom |
| Construction started | 1972 |
| Completed | 1974 |
| Renovated | 2016 |
| Destroyed | 2017 Grenfell Tower fire Demolition of remains began in 2025 |
| Renovation cost | £10 million |
| Owner | Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council |
| Landlord | Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation |
| Height | |
| Height | 67.3 m (220 ft 10 in) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 24 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Clifford Wearden and Associates |
| Main contractor | A E Symes |
| Renovating team | |
| Architect | Studio E Architects |
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Grenfell Tower is a derelict 24-storey residential tower block in North Kensington in West London, England. The tower was completed in 1974 as part of the first phase of the Lancaster West Estate. Most of the tower was destroyed in a severe fire on 14 June 2017.
The building's top 20 storeys consisted of 120 flats, with six per floor – two flats with one bedroom each and four flats with two bedrooms each – with a total of 200 bedrooms. Its first four storeys were non-residential until its most recent refurbishment, from 2015 to 2016, when two storeys were converted to residential use, bringing it up to 127 flats and 227 bedrooms; six of the new flats had four bedrooms each and one flat had three bedrooms. It also received new windows and new cladding with thermal insulation during this refurbishment.
The fire gutted the building and killed 72 people, including a stillbirth. In early 2018, it was announced that, following demolition of the tower, the site will be replaced by a memorial to those killed in the fire. The demolition of Grenfell Tower began in September 2025 and is expected to take two years.