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Postwar Reconstruction

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created For = PJM

Found in 163 Collections and/or Records:

Coventry City Council - Percy Johnson-Marshall's employment, 15 March 1941

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Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/3
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir John Charles Walsham Reith, Lord Reith, from Sir Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson asking for help in an attempt to have Percy Johnson-Marshall excused active service in World War II, so that he could continue to work on reconstruction for Coventry City Architect's Department .

Dates: 15 March 1941
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

Coventry housing - house type plans, c1940

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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
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 / Redevelopment of Coventry - housing / Coventry housing - plans

Coventry housing - opening of the Canley Estate houses, 18 December 1941

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Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/2/1
Scope and Contents

Programme for the opening of the houses on the Canley Estate, Coventry on 18 December 1941 which was attended by the City of Coventry Housing Committee and the City Architect Sir Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson, representing the Coventry City Architect's Department.

Dates: 18 December 1941
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 / Redevelopment of Coventry - housing

Coventry housing - panoramic view of Coventry, c1940

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Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/2/4/3
Scope and Contents

1 copy of 3 small panoramic views of Coventry city centre showing proposed new buildings: police and law courts, chapter house and civic buildings. These are shown in relation to existing buildings and in particular the Cathedral.

Dates: c1940
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 / Redevelopment of Coventry - housing / Coventry housing - plans

Coventry housing - photographs of the Canley Estate houses, c1941

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

This file contains a set of 8 labelled black and white photographic prints (15.5cm x 18.5cm) of the housing scheme at Canley Estate, Coventry, and some of the associated negatives on one sheet. There is also a photograph (11.5cm x 12cm) of a planning drawing, probably of the Canley Estate, and 2 black and white photographic print (16cm x 21cm) showing a block of flats under construction.

Dates: c1941
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 / Redevelopment of Coventry - housing

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
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 / Redevelopment of Coventry - housing

Coventry housing - press clippings, 1940-1944

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Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/2/3
Scope and Contents

This file contains press clippings and journal articles by Sir Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson concerning Coventry City Council's experimental pre-fabricated housing and other new housing developments.

Dates: 1940-1944
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 / Redevelopment of Coventry - housing

Elephant and Castle: assorted photographs and reports, 1955-1956

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/5.1
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous material related to London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 5: Elephant and Castle. The file contains: a draft report on the area, with accompanying correspondence; 4 black and white photographic prints (21cm x 30cm) of an architectural model of the area; a redevelopment brochure and an article published in the Municipal Journal concerning the proposed development.

Dates: 1955-1956
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: Elephant and Castle

Elephant and Castle: drawings, 1955-1956

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/5.2.5
Scope and Contents

5 copy perspective drawings (24cm x 37cm) of the proposed development at London County Council's Comprehensive Development Area no 5: Elephant and Castle. The drawings show the pedestrianised shopping areas and the multi-purpose office, shopping and entertainment development. The drawings are hand coloured. 2 are the same copy with differing hand colouring.

Dates: 1955-1956
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: Elephant and Castle / Elephant and Castle: plans

Elephant and Castle: plans, 1951-c1955

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/5.2
Scope and Contents

Plans of London County Council Comprehensive development Area no 5: Elephant and Castle:


  1. CDA no 5 - Elephant and Castle, (1955)
  2. Elephant and Castle site no 1, (c1955)
  3. Elephant and Castle suggested block development and perspective sketches, (4 June 1951)
  4. perspective drawings, (c1955)
Dates: 1951-c1955
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: Elephant and Castle