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Plans of Lansbury Neighbourhood: Susan Lawrence Primary School, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.6h

Scope and Contents

3 copy perspective drawings (26cm x 45cm) for a Susan Lawrence Primary School and Elizabeth Lansbury Nursery School, Lansbury, London (now amalgamated as the Lansbury Lawrence Primary School). This was the part of London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney and Poplar which became the subject of the "Live Architecture Exhibition" at the Festival of Britain, 1951. The drawings show different angles of this school, designed by Yorke, Rosenberg & Mardall.

There is also a small scale layout plan for the Elizabeth Lansbury Nursery School, originally known as Ricardo Street Nursery School.

Dates

  • Creation: 1950s

Creator

Language of Materials

This material is in English

Conditions Governing Access

This material is unrestricted.

Full Extent

From the Sub-Fonds: 3.5 metres

Physical Description

4 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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