In 1963, John Laing and Son Ltd bought the rights to the Danish industrialised building system for flats known as ‘Jespersen’ (also known 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. The exact location of this development of slab blocks has not been recorded in the negative register, but it is believed to be a development that was built by Laing for Blackburn County Borough Council just off Shadsworth Road near Queen's Park. It included four eight-storey tower blocks, two seven-storey blocks and two six-storey blocks all of which have since been demolished.
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 Series: JLP01/08 John Laing Photographic Collection Black and White Negatives; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection
© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection
Late 20th Century Flats, Late 20th Century Housing Estate, Late 20th Century Slab Block
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