Bearwood House was built by Laing for Smethwick Borough County Council. The architects were K.R. Emmett, S. Greenwood, J.E. Hepburn and R.E. Philcock. Construction work started in 1965 and the building was opened on 25th January 1966. The block was in two sections with one part stepped back from the other and there were 89 flats each with its own balcony. The building has since been demolished. This photograph of a drawing by a Laing draftsman was taken on 13th August 1964.
This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.
This is part of the Volume: JLP01/01/058 Examples of 'Sectra' housing, a French prefabricated steel formwork design for blocks of flats; within the Series: JLP01/01 John Laing Photographic Collection Project Albums; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection
© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection
Photographer: Cobert, M N: John Laing And Son Ltd
Mid 20th Century Flats
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