Two blocks of flats being constructed on the Aylesbury Estate, built using the 12M Jespersen system

Date:
14 Feb 1969
Location:
Aylesbury Estate, Aylesbury Estate, Walworth, Southwark, Greater London Authority, SE17
Reference:
JLP01/08/080433
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

In 1963, John Laing and Son Ltd bought the rights to the Danish industrialised building system for flats 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. Laing's Southern Region started building the Aylesbury Estate in 1967. At the time it was the largest industrialised housing scheme ever undertaken by a London Borough, providing homes for more than 7000 people, comprising of low and high-rise linear blocks from four to fourteen-storeys high containing flats and maisonettes. This photograph was taken to show the progress made on site and shows both blocks have reached five storeys in height.

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/08 John Laing Photographic Collection Black And White Negatives; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection

Keywords

Late 20th Century Flats, Late 20th Century Housing Estate, Construction, Urban Landscape