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The Tower Block, Cwmbran.

The imaginative name is a clue that this is Cwmbran's only skyscraper, & thus its tallest building (210" or 64m). Located in Southville, close to the southeast edge of Cwmbran Shopping Centre. It was built for two main reasons - as a landmark building, & to mask two chimney stacks which removed fumes from boilers that heated water used by the Shopping Centre. When completed in 1967, it was the tallest building in Wales.

It has 22 storeys. There are 81 flats - 20 two bedroom, 40 one bedroom, 20 bed sitters & a caretaker's flat. Parking is underneath the building.