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Architecture, Designs and Plans

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

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Coventry housing - house type plans, c1940

 Item
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/2/4/1
Scope and Contents 6 copy plans showing different house types for Coventry. 3 plans (22cm x 76cm) are by housing director AF Underhill, show small scale floor plans, reduced from 8 inches = 1 foot scale, for 3 different houses and are hand labelled Type A, Type B and Type C. 3 plans (71cm x 71cm) are by city architect Sir Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson, show complete plans for the "three bedroom type" house at 1/8th and 1/12th scale. One of the floor plans was drafted by Percy...
Dates: c1940

Coventry housing - plans, c1940

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Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/2/4
Scope and Contents

Coventry housing - plans consists of:


  1. house type plans, c1940
  2. proposed nursery plans,4 June 1940
  3. panoramic view of Coventry,c1940
Dates: c1940

Coventry housing - proposed nursery plans, 4 June 1940

 Item
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/2/4/2
Scope and Contents

2 manuscript plans in pencil on tracing paper by WGC Bell showing complete plans for a proposed nursery building for Coventry. The plans include an integral air-raid shelter in the basement of the pram-shed.

Dates: 4 June 1940

Papers, photographs and plans from Coventry City Architect's Department, 1939-1944

 Series
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A
Scope and Contents

Papers, photographs and plans from Coventry City Architect's Department consists of:


  1. general papers, photographs, press-clippings and plans, 1939-1945
  2. photographs, press-clippings and plans concerning housing development in Coventry, c1940-1944
  3. personal material concerning Percy Johnson-Marshall's employment, 15 March 1941
Dates: 1939-1944

Redevelopment of Coventry - general material, 1939-1945

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/1
Scope and Contents

Redevelopment of Coventry - general material consists of:


  1. general papers, c1945
  2. general photographs, 1939
  3. press clippings and articles, 1940-1944
  4. plans,c1941-1943
Dates: 1939-1945

Redevelopment of Coventry - housing, c1940-1944

 Sub-Series
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