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Plans of Lansbury Neighbourhood: East India Dock Road Neighbourhood - area and house plans, 1949-1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.6c

Scope and Contents

Area and house plans by the London County Council Architect's Department for the East India Dock Road neighbourhood of Lansbury. This was part of London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. The plans consist of:

  1. 2 copy plans laid over Ordnance Survey maps of the East India Dock Road area at 1:1250 scale
  2. copy plan (29cm x 65cm) of the East India Dock Road housing development at 32' to 1" scale, 1949
  3. copy plan (36cm x 87cm) variant of above with a different layout, at a larger scale with hand colouring, 1949
  4. 5 copy small scale layout plans (19cm x 45cm) showing schemes 1-5 for the area.
  5. 3 copy small scale layout plans for: Cordelia Street and Canton Street
  6. copy architectural plans (28cm x 39cm) by Bridgewater and Shepheard for linked houses, 1949.

Dates

  • Creation: 1949-1950s

Creator

Language of Materials

This material is in English

Physical Description

12 plans

Conditions Governing Access

This material is unrestricted.

Extent

From the Sub-Fonds: 3.5 metres

Physical Description

12 plans

Archivist's Note

None

Sarah Higgins 10 March 2004

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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