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City of London: plans - City of London river frontages and skylines, 1955

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.5
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2 architectural drawings (25cm x 137cm) by the New Barbican Committee showing the City of London river front elevations and skyline at 1" to 88' scale. One depicts the area circa 1750 and the other circa 1890. The research for these drawings was undertaken by Patrick Horsburgh and Malcolm Higges and they were drawn by Malcolm Higges and Ronald Jones.

Dates: 1955
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Comprehensive Development Areas: City of London, 1947-1959

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1
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Material relating to different areas of London County Council's Comprehensive Development Area no 1: City of London:


  1. general, (1947-1958)
  2. New Barbican, (c1953-1959)
  3. Saint Paul's Cathedral Precinct, (c1950-1959)
  4. Tower of London Precinct, (c1957-c1959)
  5. City of London river frontages and skylines, (1955)
Dates: 1947-1959
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Elephant and Castle: drawings, 1955-1956

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/5.2.5
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5 copy perspective drawings (24cm x 37cm) of the proposed development at London County Council's Comprehensive Development Area no 5: Elephant and Castle. The drawings show the pedestrianised shopping areas and the multi-purpose office, shopping and entertainment development. The drawings are hand coloured. 2 are the same copy with differing hand colouring.

Dates: 1955-1956
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Elephant and Castle: plans, 1951-c1955

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/5.2
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Plans of London County Council Comprehensive development Area no 5: Elephant and Castle:


  1. CDA no 5 - Elephant and Castle, (1955)
  2. Elephant and Castle site no 1, (c1955)
  3. Elephant and Castle suggested block development and perspective sketches, (4 June 1951)
  4. perspective drawings, (c1955)
Dates: 1951-c1955
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Other areas of Stepney / Poplar: Poplar, 1956-1959

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.3.2
Scope and Contents Black and white photographic prints (19cm x 24cm) of architectural models of the Poplar area of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. There are 10 photographs of a small-scale model of the whole Poplar area. One of these shows the model in an exhibition concerning the reconstruction of the area being inspected by Percy Johnson-Marshall, Hubert Bennet, and LW Lane in 1955. There is also a photograph of an architectural...
Dates: 1956-1959
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Photographs: Huntingdon and Thetford, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/G/11
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31 black and white photographic prints (20cm x 24cm) from the London County Council Architect's Department collection. This set of photographs shows architectural models, architectural drawings and plans, and exterior views of housing estates outside the County of London. Some of these images show estates in Huntingdon and Thetford.

Dates: 1950s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Photographs: miscellaneous (1), 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/G/7
Scope and Contents 33 mixed black and white photographic prints (19cm x 24cm). These consist of: 19 oblique aerial photographs of central London; a photograph of a barge; 1 photograph of an architectural model of the Hyde Park Improvement Scheme, London, 1957; 1 photograph of an architectural model of New Zealand House, London; 2 unidentified photographs of architectural models; 2 photographs of an exhibition by the Buildings Regulations Division of the London County Council Architect's Department; 1...
Dates: 1950s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Plans: Development of Prince's Meadow South Bank, c1960

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.8.18
Scope and Contents 18 copy plans (58cm x 58cm) by Russell Diplock Associates and Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners forming a tender portfolio for a site at Prince's Meadows on London's South Bank. The tender is for a complex which would incorporate a number of leisure facilities including an hotel, a theatre, a conference hall, a bowling alley, cinema, restaurants and an art school. This building was never built and the site is now occupied by the National Theatre. The portfolio comprises a cover,...
Dates: c1960
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Plans: Elephant and Castle suggested block development and perspective sketches, 4 June 1951

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/5.2.3
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2 copy and 1 manuscript architectural perspective drawings (53cm x 84cm) by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department. The copy drawings are identical and show a number of alternative suggestions for block developments around the roundabouts at Comprehensive Development Area no 5: Elephant and Castle. These drawings are at a small scale. The manuscript drawing shows the shopping concourse at a larger scale.

Dates: 4 June 1951
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Plans of Lansbury Neighbourhood: East India Dock Road Neighbourhood, c1955-1958

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.6k
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Manuscript bird's-eye perspective drawing (69cm x 104cm) by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department, showing the layout of an area which is probably East India Dock Road Neighbourhood of the Stepney / Poplar Comprehensive Development Area in London. The drawing is at approximately 1:2500 scale and is in felt-tip pen and coloured pencil on transparency, with the River [Thames] in the foreground.

Dates: c1955-1958
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Horsburgh, Patrick, fl1955 (architect) 1
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