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Finsbury Estate is a housing estate in the Finsbury area of London, England. It is embedded in a network of large-scale buildings. It comprises four purpose built flats, located on a level site of. It comprises 4 blocks of flats providing 451 residencies. Patrick Coman House and Michael Cliffe House are high rise blocks, 9 and 25-storeys high respectively, while Joseph Trotter House and Charles Townsend House are 4 Storeys High, the site also includes a community library, an underground car parking, which is currently under refurbishment, a ball games area and a playground area. A community centre and also a disused public house. Islington Council has received Heritage Lottery funding to develop a new, purpose-built Islington Museum at Finsbury Library on the Finsbury Estate. A new museum opened in 2008 after Islington Museum closed its galleries at the Town Hall on 15 December 2006.