Highcourt

Highcourt was a 19-storey tower block on the Orchard Park Estate in North Hull, Kingston Upon Hull, England.

Like the other remaining seven tower blocks on Orchard Park, Highcourt was up for demolition from 2008, however following a local election in 2011 it won a reprieve. Like Bridgeman House, Ashthorpe and Milldane, it was scheduled for demolition in 2012/13, however at this point four tennants still occupied the building. As a result, the demolition date was forwarded to Autumn 2014. Like Vernon House and Gorthorpe, the demolition was delayed due to an antennae that stood atop the building. Once arrangements had been made for this, the final demolition date was set to March 2015.

From 2013-2015 following Milldane's demolition, it was the tallest building in the city.

It was finally demolished by controlled explosion on the 8th March 2015. The block was featured on the BBC documentary 'Demolition: The Wrecking Crew' which featured the preparations in the weeks leading up to the demolition, including explosive handling and placing, the evacuations on the day and ultimately the demolition itself. In the evacuations, police had to force entry into a man's home because he would not answer the door when they attempted knock on his door and inform him of the demolition.