In 1963, John Laing and Son Ltd bought the rights to the Danish industrialised building system known as Jespersen (sometimes referred to as Jesperson). The company built factories in Scotland, Hampshire and Lancashire producing Jespersen prefabricated parts and precast concrete panels, allowing the building of housing to be rationalised, saving time and money. This military housing estate of flats and maisonettes was built by Laing's construction company for Army families and was part of a larger contract to build 2250 married quarters for the Armed Services. In the negative register for the collection, the housing estate is referred to as 'Aldershot South', believed to be part of what is now known as Aldershot Military Town. At the time the photograph was taken, the flats at Aldershot South were the highest in this country built using the 12M Jespersen system. They were six, seven and eight storeys high with the longest having a 400-foot frontage.
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: JLP01/01/156 Jespersen Factories and Housing and Sectra Multi-Storey 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
Mid 20th Century Housing Estate, Mid 20th Century Flats, Mid 20th Century Married Quarters
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