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Housing Development

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

New Barbican: plans, c1953-1958

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.2.5
Scope and Contents

Plans of the New Barbican Development planned as part of London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 1: City of London:


  1. Barbican "appendix" plans, (1954)
  2. New Barbican accommodation, (c1955)
  3. mixed Barbican Development Plans, (1955-1958)
  4. annotated plan of the area, (c1953)
Dates: c1953-1958
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas / Comprehensive Development Areas: City of London / City of London: New Barbican

Photographs: architectural models, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/G/5
Scope and Contents

2 black and white photographic prints (19cm x 25cm) showing architectural models of housing developments. One shows an area of Southwark. These prints were part of the London County Council Architect's Department Collection.

Dates: 1950s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: photographs

Photographs: housing development models and archways, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/G/3
Scope and Contents

3 black and white photographic prints (19cm x 25cm). Two show different unidentified architectural models for housing developments. The third shows some historic archways standing amongst rubble. These were part of the London County Council Architect's Department Collection.

Dates: 1950s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: photographs

Photographs: Huntingdon and Thetford, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/G/11
Scope and Contents

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 / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: photographs

Photographs of Stepney / Poplar: east end before and after reconstruction, c1947-1961

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.4b
Scope and Contents Mixed collection of black and white photographic prints. 53 of the prints (max 24cm x 30cm, min 11cm x 17cm) show old or derelict buildings and waste land before reconstruction, some of which have a location, date or London County Council Architect's Town Planning Division stamp on the reverse. The remainder (21cm x 25) are of completed building projects by London County Council Architect's Department, including flats and housing in Stepney / Poplar, a children's play area, Lansbury market,...
Dates: c1947-1961
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas / Comprehensive Development Areas: Stepney / Poplar / Stepney / Poplar: general papers and photographs / General papers: photographs of Stepney / Poplar

Plans relating to Willesden Borough Council, 1936-1938

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Identifier: PJM/WBC/B
Scope and Contents Plans relating to Willesden Borough Council consists of: Percy Road School, Kilburn, proposed alterations and additions (6 plans), 1938 nursery school at Curzon Crescent, NW10 (4 plans), 1937 house at Ridge, Herts (2 plans), 1937 Municipal Hospital: extension to existing nurses home (1 plan), 1938 Wesley Road School: proposed gymnasium...
Dates: 1936-1938
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Willesden Borough Council

Plans: Stepney / Poplar perspective drawing, April 1950

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.4.10
Scope and Contents

Manuscript perspective architectural drawing (29cm x 34cm) by J Newel Lewis of Norman & Dawbarn Ltd of a street corner in proposed housing development in Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar.

Dates: April 1950
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas / Comprehensive Development Areas: Stepney / Poplar / Stepney / Poplar: plans

Press: journal articles and press clippings, 1955-1968

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/B/2
Scope and Contents File of printed articles relating to architecture and London County Council housing developments. The majority of the articles are reprints from architectural journals in the 1950s. There are a few press-clippings relating to architectural developments. There are also some typescript and manuscript notes by Percy Johnson-Marshall concerning a proposed article for the Town and Planning Association Journal , and a list of dissemination...
Dates: 1955-1968
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: public relations

Press: press releases, 1950-1962

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/B/1
Scope and Contents Incomplete file of press releases issued by London County Council. These relate to the Council's housing, architecture and town planning functions. The subjects encompass housing policy, housing developments areas, Comprehensive Redevelopment Areas and provision of public buildings. Individual projects featured include: housing developments in Wandsworth; construction of a number of new schools; redevelopment of Stepney / Poplar, Elephant and Castle and Deptford; and the South Bank...
Dates: 1950-1962
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: public relations

Redevelopment of Coventry - housing, c1940-1944

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Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/2
Scope and Contents

Redevelopment of Coventry - housing subseries consists of:


  1. material relating to the opening of the Canley Estate houses, 18 December 1941
  2. photographs of the Canley Estate,c1941
  3. press clippings and journal articles concerning Coventry's housing developments, 1940-1944
  4. plans for housing, a nursery and a panoramic view, c1940
Dates: c1940-1944
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Coventry City Council / Papers, photographs and plans from Coventry City Architect's Department

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