Plans for Balfron Tower were designed by Erno Goldfinger for London County Council in 1963 and were submitted for council approved under the designation 'Rowlett Street Phase I'. Construction commenced in 1965 and was completed in 1967 by Greater London Council. It was later joined by Carradale House, a shorter adjacent block which complements it. Goldfinger and his wife moved into flat 130, on the 25th floor, for two months in 1968. They threw champagne parties to find out what the residents liked and disliked about his design and he applied what he learnt to his design for the similar and more famous Trellick Tower in west London. Glenkerry House, designed by Goldfinger, was later added to the estate. All three towers display Goldfinger's signature design style, with a separate lifts and