Redevelopment of Coventry - housing, c1940-1944
Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/2
Scope and Contents
Redevelopment of Coventry - housing subseries consists of:
- material relating to the opening of the Canley Estate houses, 18 December 1941
- photographs of the Canley Estate,c1941
- press clippings and journal articles concerning Coventry's housing developments, 1940-1944
- plans for housing, a nursery and a panoramic view, c1940
Dates
- c1940-1944
Creator
Language of Materials
This material is in English
Physical Description
3 filesand2 plan files
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Biographical / Historical
Coventry City Architect's Department, under the direction of Sir Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson, undertook experimental public housing schemes during the early 1940s. These included the use of pre-fabricated housing and new construction techniques. As an employee of the department from 1938-1941, Percy Johnson-Marshall was involved in the design of these schemes. He collected photographs and plans of the Canley Estate along with press-clippings, journal articles and the commemorative programme produced for the Estate's official opening.
Extent
From the Sub-Fonds: 0.3 metres
Physical Description
3 filesand2 plan files
Archivist's Note
None
Sarah Higgins 10 November 2003
Sarah Higgins 10 November 2003
- Architects
- Architecture, Designs and Plans
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Coventry (England)
- Coventry City Council
- Coventry City Council, Coventry City Architect 's Department. Coventry City Architect's Department
- Gibson, Sir Donald Evelyn Edward, 1908-1991 (architect and town planner)
- Housing
- Housing Development
- Johnson-Marshall, Percy, 1915-1993 (professor of urban design and regional planning, University of Edinburgh)
- Local Government
- Maps
- Photographs
- Prefabricated Houses
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
is-crc@ed.ac.uk
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
is-crc@ed.ac.uk