Blewbury House, Southmere, Lesnes, Thamesmead, London: looking toward Corraline Walk and Wolvercote Road across pedestrian bridge over Yarnton Way
Architect/Designer | Greater London Council. Department of Architecture & Civic Design |
Artist/Photographer | Street-Porter, Tim |
Country | UK: England |
City | London |
Subject Date | 1970 |
Image Date | 1972 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Modern Movement |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | AP Box 760 Thamesmead |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Concrete ; Flats ; Housing ; Thamesmead ; Town planning ; Bridges |
NOTES: Thamesmead was planned in 1965-1966 as a new town on the riverside marshes of south-east London between Plumstead and Erith. It was scheduled for completion in 1974 but was never fully finished and the projected population of 60,000 for the new town was downgraded to 45,000 by the end of the 1970s. From then around 400 houses were being built annually and by 1982, the population stood at 20,000. Since 2014 the managment and regeneration of the area has come under the aegis of Peabody.
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